FireWise Virginia

Videos

We've selected some videos on YouTube that help demonstrate some FirewWise concepts.

FireWise Making News

Videos: TV News Story Homeowner talks about how Firewise help save his home From the Weather Channel, Virginia Community Leaders talk Firewise Ralph Rinadi Robert Childress NFPA Wildfire Division Protect Your Pets video Wildfire Facts (whiteboard) Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire with Jack Coehen

Landscaping

Videos: FireWise Landscaping Part 1: Overview FireWise Landscaping Part 2: Design & Installation FireWise Landscaping Part 3: Maintenance

Defensible Space

Videos Wildfire! Preventing Home Ignitions FireWise Series: Why Homes Burn

Construction

Videos: Building a FireWise Home FireWise Building Materials

Information Resources - Protect Your Home

• Is Your Home Safe From A Wildfire? 2011 Edition (PDF format)

Tips and Suggestions

• 50 Things You Can Do To Protect Your Home
• 25 FireWise Tips
• Wildland Urban Interface Fire Protection Program Woodland Home/Structure Wildfire Hazard Assessment
• Wildland Urban Interface Fire Protection Program Woodland Community Wildfire Hazard Assessment

Presentations

• Design For Safety (PowerPoint format; 24MB)
• Green Not Black (PowerPoint format; 33MB)
• Defensible Space (PowerPoint format; 28MB)
• Wildland Urban Interface (PowerPoint format; 8MB)

Evaluate

• Home Hazard Test - this easy online test will help you identify potential fire hazrads at your home and property.

Safety

• Create a barrier around your home - a Wildfire-Defensible Space
• Safety Precautions for Your Home

Preparing For Wildfires

• Checklist: When a Wildfire Approaches Your Home (PDF format).
• Prepare Your Home For Wildfire Season (PDF format).
• Evacuation Plan - plan and practice leaving your home during an emergency.

Landscaping

The Virginia Department of Forestry, in conjunction with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and the National Park Service, provides the following Land Care Steward/FireWise information. Please visit

• Advanced Master Gardener | Master Gardener | National Park Service - Fire section
• The Homeowner's Role - If you already live in, or plan to build in, a rural area, you should take fire into account.
• Checklist: Construction - Design and build a FireWise home.
• Checklist: Landscaping - To create a FireWise landscape, remember that the primary goal is fuel reduction.
• Virginia Firescapes FireWise Landscaping for Woodland Homes - Lists of "More or Less" Forest Fire-prone Trees, Shrubs, and Ground Covers.

Information Resources - Protect Your Community

• How To Become A FireWise Community
• FireWise Communities For Virginia ( PDF format).
• Wildland Urban Interface Fire Protection Program Woodland Community Wildfire Hazard Assessment Form 4.33 (Word format).
• International Wildland Urban Interface Code 2006 ( TIF format)

Subdivision Ordinances

Help make your subdivision firewise by using this sample guideline for subdivision ordinances.

Property Owner/Developer Information

• Community Wildfire Protection Plan (English; Word document)
• How to Become a FireWise Community
• Lowe's Fire and the Home Landscape (in English and Espanol)

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

The number of homes being built in or near forested areas is increasing rapidly in Virginia. When a fire occurs around one of these homes, it often extends into the forestland, threatening other homes and forest resources. Forest fires often threaten and burn homes and structures built in wooded areas if the homeowner has not taken proper fire safety precaution.

• Living In The Wildland Urban Interface
• Home Fire Protection In The Wildland Urban Interface

Financial Assistance

Grant programs provide Money For Mitigation.

Additional Information

• National FireWise website
• FireWise Tips and ideas
• National Fire Plan

Last modified: Wednesday, 01-Apr-2020 16:48:37 EDT