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The destructive impacts of wildfire can be greatly reduced through focused wildfire prevention activities long before a fire starts.

Consequently, through collaborative partnerships with the community we serve, the Fire Prevention Division focuses on:

  • Ensuring that defensible space is maintained
  • Encouraging the planting and maintaining of drought tolerant and fire resistive landscaping
  • Creates and maintains fuel breaks and fire access roads
  • Effectively manages Laguna Beach's Local Responsibility Areas and open space lands

Below are online resources where Laguna Beach residents can learn more about wildfire prevention and preparedness.

  • CAL FIRE's Building Firewise Communities Page - The Firewise USA® program, led by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), offers a structured approach for communities to enhance their wildfire resilience in California. The program is supported by CAL FIRE’s Community Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation Division, aiding communities in achieving Firewise designation.
  • Firewise's Online Learning Center - Learn the basics of wildfire behavior and how improvements to your vegetation and home structure can increase your chances of survival.
  • California Fire Safe Council - California's home page for learning more about the role of Fire Safe Councils in promoting wildfire readiness.
  • CAL FIRE Home Hardening: Low-Cost Retrofit List - A list created by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) developed as a best practices guide and to assist homeowners to ensure their home is more ignition-resistant from wildfires.