Wildfire Resources
Every link here was checked by hand. Start at the top if a fire is burning near you today, or work down the page to prepare your property before one is.
Emergency situations
For an immediate life-threatening emergency, call 911. The links below are for planning and for tracking a fire that is already burning.
More tools from Wildfire Action Plan
Wildfire Action Plan is part of AACI Group. These are our other tools, free unless noted.
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Scores how well the ground around your structure is cleared.
Find vetted California mitigation contractors.
A licensed California agency, CDI licence 6016871.
Materials and equipment
If a fire is near you right now
- Watch Duty
Nonprofit live wildfire alerts and maps.
- AirNow Fire and Smoke Map
Real-time air quality readings and smoke plumes.
- Genasys Protect
Evacuation zone status where your county participates.
- CAL FIRE incidents
Official list of active incidents in California.
Prepare your property
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire
Checklists for hardening a home and packing to leave.
- CAL FIRE firePLANNER
Build a household wildfire plan step by step.
- CAL FIRE defensible space
State guidance on clearing space around a structure. 100 feet of defensible space is required under PRC 4291.
- IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home
Research-based construction and maintenance standards for homes.
- NFPA Firewise USA
How neighborhoods organize joint wildfire risk reduction work.
- California Fire Safe Council
Directory of local fire safe councils and grant programs.
Insurance and coverage
Wildfire Action Plan is not an insurance agency and does not give insurance advice.
- California Department of Insurance
The state regulator, with consumer complaint and filing tools.
- CDI Safer from Wildfires
The state framework describing wildfire safety actions for homes.
- California FAIR Plan
The state insurance pool of last resort and how it works.
CDI consumer hotline: 800-927-4357 (TTY 800-482-4833)
Power shutoffs and your utility
- PG&E Community Wildfire Safety Program
How PG&E plans grid work and public safety power shutoffs.
- PG&E PSPS address lookup
Check whether a specific address sits in a shutoff area.
- SCE wildfire mitigation
Southern California Edison shutoff alerts and grid work.
- SDG&E wildfire safety
San Diego Gas and Electric shutoff information and alerts.
Emergency preparedness
- Ready.gov wildfires
Federal guidance on what to do before, during and after a fire.
- FEMA
Federal disaster assistance programs and application steps.
- USFA during a WUI fire
What to do while a wildland urban interface fire is burning.
- Cal OES
California emergency management alerts and recovery programs.
- Listos California
Preparedness guides in multiple languages for California households.
- National Interagency Fire Center
National fire activity statistics and situation reports.
- American Red Cross wildfire
Shelter information and household preparedness checklists.
- California evacuation aggregation layer
State open data feed of evacuation zones and orders.
- CA Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force
State plans and progress reports on landscape scale fuel work.
Guides and documents
Reference documents we have collected and reviewed. Search or filter to narrow the list.
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