{"id":138121,"date":"2026-03-05T10:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/?page_id=138121"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:24:28","slug":"firewise-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/firewise-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Firewise Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138121\" class=\"elementor elementor-138121\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b3a0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46b3a0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db8e29b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db8e29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">The Oakmont Village Association Board of Directors created a Firewise Task Force &#8220;dedicated to providing educational resources to assist Oakmont residents in reducing the risks of loss of life and property due to wildfires.&#8221; The Task Force has since been instrumental to helping Oakmont Village earn and maintain its recognition as a <a href=\"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/article\/firewise-certificate-of-recognition-for-oakmont-village-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Firewise USA<\/em><\/a>\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>By taking the actions recommended here, you can help reduce the risks to loss of your life and your property during a wildfire.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Reduce Risks to Loss of Life<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"auto-style1\">Sonoma County has assembled a comprehensive set of resources to help residents get ready for any emergency, including wildfires. On the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/socoemergency.org\/get-ready\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>County of Sonoma Emergency Readiness, Response and Recovery<\/em><\/a>\u00a0website you can:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Sign up for local alerts and notices<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Find your assigned evacuation zone<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Get help preparing an evacuation plan, complete with a &#8220;Go Bag&#8221; of necessities<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Access other useful resources, including a comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s43263.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Emergency-Plan-Trifold-v6-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Personal Emergency Plan\u00a0<\/em><\/a>document<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"auto-style4\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchduty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Watch Duty smartphone app<\/em><\/a>\u00a0can serve as an early warning system with regular updates about wildfires nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information is available from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/myn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Meet Your Neighbors<\/em><\/a>, Oakmont&#8217;s community emergency preparedness initiative.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Reduce Risks to Losing Your Home<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"\">Creating defensible space and hardening your home in various ways combine to reduce the risks of losing your home in a wildfire. These scientifically proven actions help protect your home from the flying embers that normally cause the first home in a neighborhood to catch fire, enabling the fire to then spread structure-to-structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A good first step to reducing the risks of losing your home is to request a free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/article\/firewise-assessment-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Firewise Educational Assessment<\/em><\/a>. You can also request an assessment by sending an email with your name, address and phone number to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:firewise@oakmontvillage.com\"><em>firewise@oakmontvillage.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or by calling the OVA Office at 707-539-0701. You can preview what is involved in an assessment by downloading the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Firewise_Packet-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"auto-style8\"><em>Firewise Assessment Packet<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Guidance about defensible space and home hardening is available from California&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance.ca.gov\/01-consumers\/200-wrr\/Safer-from-Wildfires.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Safer from Wildfires<\/em><\/a>\u00a0program, which is part of the state&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance.ca.gov\/01-consumers\/180-climate-change\/Sustainable-Insurance-Strategy.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sustainable Insurance Strategy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0created to help residents obtain affordable homeowners insurance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Because regulations and recommendations for defensible space and home hardening can change, please plan to revisit this Firewise Actions page periodically for potential updates.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Firewise Resources<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"\">Additional guidance about defensible space, home hardening and homeowners insurance is available on the\u00a0<span class=\"auto-style8\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/oakmontvillage.com\/firewise-resources\/\">Firewise Resources<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakmont Village Association Board of Directors created a Firewise Task Force &#8220;dedicated to providing educational resources to assist Oakmont residents in reducing the risks of loss of life and property due to wildfires.&#8221; The Task Force has since been instrumental to helping Oakmont Village earn and maintain its recognition as a Firewise USA\u00a0community. 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