Your neighborhood is becoming a Fire Adapted Community!
What is a Fire Adapted Community?
A Fire Adapted Community is a community that is coming together to work on their wildfire resilience. In partnership with the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and your local fire district, your neighborhood will work on defensible space initiatives, home hardening improvements, and organizing an annual workday.
Some FACs may pursue Firewise recognition status, a national program that recognizes neighborhoods that are coming together to become safer from wildfires. Firewise requirements include creating an action plan with the assistance of Tahoe RCD and fire district staff and conducting a risk assessment to get an understanding of where your neighborhood is at in terms of defensible space and home hardening efforts.
What neighborhoods are currently becoming Fire Adapted?
SOUTH SHORE
- Gardner Mountain
- Lukins Brothers Water Company
- Boren
EAST SHORE
- Kingsbury
- Eagle Drive
- Incline Villas
- Glenrock
NORTH SHORE
- Kings Beach Downtown Association
- Tahoe City Downtown Association
- Carnelian Heights
- Lake Forest Glen
WEST SHORE
- Tahoma Grid
- Fallen Leaf Lake
What can you do to get started?
You can start working on your defensible space! Zone 0, or the first 5 feet away from your structure, is the most important zone of defensible space and acts as an ember resistant zone during major wildfires. Clearing all flammable vegetation, like pine needles, woody shrubs, or low-hanging tree limbs, from this area will improve your defensible space. See more information on defensible space here.
You can also contact fire@tahoercd.org or call 530-543-1501 ext. 114 to be put in contact with the Neighborhood Leader for your Fire Adapted Community. Also contact us if you’re interested in becoming a committee member or Neighborhood Leader of your area’s Fire Adapted Community