Fire Preparedness

Basic Fire Escape Planning – NFPA
The National Fire Protection Association offers tips on how to plan and test an effective fire escape plan. Look for the downloadable “escape planning grid” that lets kids help with a family escape plan.

Ready! Set! Go! Personal Wildfire Action Plan
This 12-page guide offered by the Los Angeles County Fire Department gives tips and tools to successfully prepare for a wildfire, and gives guidance on retrofitting your home with fire-resistant features.

Build Your Family Fire Escape Plan (requires Flash Player)
The Burn Institute Fire Escape Plan is an invaluable tool that allows you to build a personal family escape plan that incorporates all the rooms in your home. Flash Player required-not available for iPhone.

Home Fire Safety Checklist for Kids (PDF)
A fun worksheet for kids to learn about fire safety planning. Print this 2-page PDF from the National Fire Protection Association

Video: California Wildfires – No Time to Burn

Take a journey behind the scenes with California’s top three emergency management leaders as they visit a major wildfire and have to make tough choices about where to send firefighters, aircraft and other limited resources.

Videos: Fire Preparedness By San Miguel Fire District

Provided in cooperation by the San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District and Farmers Insurance, this educational video program called Before The Threat, illustrates things you can do before a fire to protect your home. The videos provide interviews with homeowners who have survived fires and share how they are now better prepared.