Firewise Resources

HOPE FOR THE BEST, PREPARE FOR THE WORST

Because a catastrophic wildfire is always imminent in California - but hopefully not in or too near the Tahoe Basin this year! - we want to share some excellent resources for being prepared.

One is the Tahoe Fire Safe Initiative, which was started by the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation (Parasol) in Incline Village in 2018.

Parasol is a nonprofit public charity that is dedicated to supporting the Tahoe region, and its Tahoe Fire Safe Initiative was created to fund fire prevention strategies in the Tahoe Basin, focusing on people and property.  “Fire prevention and safety remains one of the Community Foundation’s top priorities,” says Parasol’s CEO Claudia Andersen. Under Andersen, Parasol has invested in Fire Aside's Defensible Space Evaluation software to help improve "the safety of our community now and into the future.”

Fire Aside replaces a previous manual process of forms and checklists with an interactive and easy to use product. Residents are empowered with clear, actionable information that is specific to their property, including photos of vulnerable items and associated risk levels so they can prioritize costs while getting useful education along the way. Fire agencies can dramatically increase evaluations and efficiency, report on resident actions taken, and inform compliance for grants while gathering actual structural and vegetation data at the ground level to target areas of highest risk and allocate resources accordingly.
 
North Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Ryan Sommers, shared “By using Fire Aside software, we can visit more homes, offer more thorough action items to residents and therefore dramatically increase the number of fire resistant homes in the community. We are so grateful to our partners at Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation for their commitment to build a more wildfire resilient community.”

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Cutter Law of Oakland, Sacramento and Santa Rosa has prepared an excellent Wildfire Safety Guide that is ever-relevant for California homeowners. While we recommend reading this valuable information and being prepared, we hope you will never find yourselves or your homes threatened by wildfire!