Oak Hill Area FSC | Useful Links - El Dorado Fire Safe Council

Oak Hill Area FSC | Useful Links

The Web has a wealth of information about Defensible Space, Evacuation, How To's about how to make your home safe from fire (aka "hardening" your house), Smokey the Bear (awesome for the kids!) – and more.

Oak Hill Area FSC | Retrofit Guide

Tahoe RCD just finished a peer reviewed Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide: How to Harden Homes Against Wildfire. This project was funded by Cal Fire in…

Oak Hill Area FSC | World-renowned UC Professor (and Neighbor's Son!) Talks about California Fire Practices and Prevention

Scott Stephens, professor of Wild Land Fire Sciences at UC Berkeley and world-renowned expert in fire prevention (who also happens to be neighbor…

Oak Hill Area FSC | USA Today: 500 Towns That Have Higher Fire Risks Than Paradise

USA Today Wildfire Risks - 500 Towns That Have Higher Risks Than Paradise

Oak Hill Area FSC | Do Fuel Breaks Work? Fascinating Article.

The Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network looks at the massively destructive Carr fire in 2018 and examines why fuel breaks failed - or did they…

Map showing air quality index (AQI) for parts of the Western US with patches indicating pollution levels.

Oak Hill Area FSC | Air Now Air Quality Conditions

Enter your Zip Code and click OK to see the current Air Quality data from the EPA's AirNow program for your area. AirNow contains real time air…

Oak Hill Area FSC | UC Extension Wildfire Preparation & Recovery

Read the Wildfire Preparation & Recovery article from UC Extension. The article describes key ways to improve your hanges to withstand wildfire…

Oak Hill Area FSC | Smokey the Bear

Smokey the Bear is as engaging for kids as ever. Help your children become more wildfire aware, without causing fear. This is a great site for kids…

Oak Hill Area FSC | Cal Fire Links

Check these Cal Fire links for excellent advice about planning ahead for wildfire. Includes checklists.

Oak Hill Area FSC | Local Fire Departments

El Dorado County Diamond Springs Fire Department

Oak Hill Area FSC | Other Links - Worth a Look

USDA and USFS

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