Pre-Fire Management

The destructive impacts of wildfire can be greatly reduced through focused wildfire prevention activities long before a fire starts.

Consequently, through collaborative partnerships with the communities we serve, OCFA’s Pre-Fire Management section focuses on:

  • Ensuring that defensible space is maintained
  • Encouraging the planting and maintaining of drought tolerant and fire resistive landscaping
  • Creates and maintains fuel breaks and fire access roads
  • Effectively manages Orange County’s State Responsibility Areas and open space lands
General Information

For additional information, please visit Ready, Set, Go!

Schedule a "Free Home Assessment"

An OCFA Fire Prevention Specialist will suggest landscaping tips and exterior construction features to make your home more wildfire resistant.

Wildland Fire Danger Rating

For danger rating, please visit OCFA’s

Resources

For important wildfire preparedness and safety information, please visit OCFA’s Ready, Set, Go! page

Other Helpful Links

Wildfire Preparedness

Information about the role of the American Red Cross in keeping Orange County safe and prepared for disaster.

Resources to learn more about preparing yourself and your home for wildfire.

Fire information for researchers, home owners, and community leaders.

Learn the basics of wildfire behavior and how improvements to your vegetation and home structure can increase your chances of survival.

The University of California’s Wildfire Mitigation Guide for Homeowners
Information on how to protect your home from wildfire and fascinating videos that demonstrate common hazards for home ignition.
Orange County Fire Watch program information.
Orange County’s emergency preparedness resource.

Fire Safe Councils

California’s home page for learning more about the role of Fire Safe Councils in promoting wildfire readiness.

Local webpage featuring information about the Fire Safe Council serving Trabuco, Silverado, and Modjeska Canyons.
Local webpage featuring information about the Fire Safe Council serving the Tustin Foothills area.

Local webpage featuring information about the Fire Safe Council serving the Tustin Foothills area.