The Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council (VRFSC) will be helping residents that live in high-risk neighborhoods throughout Ventura County lower their wildfire risk through the Home Hardening Resiliency Program.
What is Home Hardening? Fire hardened means your home is prepared for wildfire and an ember storm. It does not mean fireproof. Home hardening means taking steps to reduce the risk to your home against wildfire. These steps can include simple tasks, like clearing accumulated leaves, patching chipped paint, adjusting landscaping, and installing 1/8th inch screens along vents to increase your home’s resistance to heat, flames, and embers. A home hardening assessment from our team can help you identify what recommendations can be made.
Wildfires have grown in size and impact in Ventura County in the last several years, such as the Thomas Fire, which burned 281,893 acres and 1,063 structures, and Woolsey Fire, which burned 97,000 acres and 670 structures.
How is Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council helping residents be prepared? The Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council will be implementing Wildfire Safety Liaisons to lead in facilitating educational workshops as well as free home hardening assessments in locations designated as high-risk for wildfire.
How do you know if you live in a high-risk wildfire area?
Please click on this Fire Hazard Severity Map and search for your home.
Are you in the orange or red shaded area?
If so, please register above to receive a FREE Home Hardening (HIZ) Assessment.
If not, please check out the resources below for learning how to lower your wildfire risk.
Attend a Wildfire Prevention Workshop! Click here for our Events Calendar
Meet Our Home Hardening Team!
Max Young
Lead Wildfire Safety Liaison
Mayra De Leon
Wildfire Safety Liaison
Natasha Saxena
Wildfire Safety Liaison
Pepper Dee
Projects & Grants Manager
Home Hardening at a Glance
Watch the video below to learn how to help protect your home from embers
Guide: Reducing Wildfire Risks
Mobile Home Wildfire Safety
Click the image below to learn more.
Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative
VRFSC is currently helping to prepare residents of Ventura County against the threat of wildfires through a CAL FIRE grant-funded program assigned to the Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative (VCWC). VCWC partners include the Ventura County Resource Conservation District, Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council, Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council, Bell Canyon Fire Safe Council, Ventura County Fire Department, and a consulting firm, Jensen Hughes, as a partner agency.
For more information visit the Collaborative’s website at www.vcrcd.org/vcwc.