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A little bit of time can make your home easier to defend, less likely to ignite, and keep you connected to verified, neighborhood-specific emergency information and updates when it matters most.
A little bit of time can make your home easier to defend, less likely to ignite, and keep you connected to verified, neighborhood-specific emergency information and updates when it matters most.
For many Calabasas households, the result of living in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity zone can mean elevated insurance premiums, with some carriers restricting or declining coverage altogether.
October 5 through 11, 2025, is National Fire Prevention Week, and it’s the perfect time to take practical steps that reduce wildfire risk at home.
Did you know? The second most frequent way houses can catch fire – Radiant Heat.
Home Hardening Works! A cost-benefit analysis of the impact in Cedar Heights showed that every dollar spent on mitigating fire through home hardening paid back hundreds in avoided damage.
A new UCLA study published in Science Advances, that clearly confirms what we’ve been emphasizing: fire season is no longer seasonal.
Late summer and early fall bring the warm, dry Santa Ana winds and Red Flag Warnings to our area—with gusts exceeding 25 miles per hour creating conditions that can quickly escalate wildfire danger. Now is the time to make sure your home, yard, and family are ready.
We honor a local firefighting legend! The iconic coast live oaks, which grace our parks, canyons, and neighborhoods with their strength and beauty, provide more than just a scenic background.
Brian Cameron provides expert advise to L.A. Parent for weathering any emergency. Read the full article in the March/April 2025 edition.
Calabasas resident Norm Goodkin spent the day of the Kenneth fire transmitting updates via amateur radio as he tried to help those who had lost cellphone service.
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