The Role of Fire Safe Councils and Fire Wise Communities

This presentation examines some of the challenges and tools available to achieve widespread acceptance of defensible space standards and home hardening recommendations in Sonoma County’s WUI. Regulation, community education, and incentives for voluntary compliance can be utilized to achieve the critical goal of preventing home loss. Working in conjunction with fire agencies and other local stakeholders, Fire Safe Councils can be a powerful grassroots force to help achieve critical goals.