Shasta Fire Safe Council is pleased to partner with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to develop a state home hardening initiative to retrofit, harden, and create defensible space for homes at high risk to wildfires.

The program is currently under development and is active only in pre-identified demonstration communities. Some of the program highlights include:

• Community approach—each home strengthened makes its neighbors safer too
• Few or no out-of-pocket costs—eligible households will pay nothing; others will pay a small fraction
• Projects managed by experts—households only need to apply, the program will take care of the rest

​Home Hardening Measures:

• Class-A Fire Rated Roof
• 5 feet of non-ignition zone space around a home (including fencing within 5 feet)
• Enclosed eaves
• Fire-resistant vents
• Upgraded windows (Double paned)
• Non-combustible 6 inches at the bottom of exterior walls
• Tree trimming and removal, brush clearing up to 100 ft. for defensible space

If you are a part of the Whitmore community, please apply!

Apply

Please mail completed paper applications to:

Attn: Whitmore Project

Western Shasta RCD

PO Box 904

Anderson, CA 96007
 

Wildfire Resistance: Make the RIGHT Choices: An image of a house comparing and contrasting good and bad choices for exterior conditions in mitigating wildfire

Defensible Space Zones: An image of the a home and the zones of protection against wildfire

CONTACT

• safehomes@shastafiresafe.org
• (530) 776-5144