CalFire’s Top 5 Focus Areas for the 2026 Wildfire Season
- Addressing and signage — Ensure all homes and roads have visible, reflective, standardized signs that meet County and State requirements. Durable signage improves emergency response and reduces evacuation confusion.
2. Access and egress clearance — Maintain roads and driveways to County and State fire access standards, including required width, vertical clearance, turnarounds, and vegetation clearance to support safe evacuation and fire apparatus access.
3. Defensible space and Zone 0 — Maintain defensible space around structures:
Zone 0 (0–5 ft): Remove all combustible materials adjacent to structures.
Zone 1 (5–30 ft): Keep vegetation lean, clean, and green.
Zone 2 (30–100 ft): Reduce fuel continuity by mowing grasses, limbing trees, and spacing vegetation.
4. Preparedness and evacuation readiness — Encourage households to maintain a go bag, create a family communication plan, and prepare for evacuations related to wildfire and other hazards.
5.Home hardening — Promote incremental upgrades such as ember-resistant vents, Class A roofs, upgraded windows, and noncombustible siding.
Additional wildfire preparedness resources are available at Ready for Wildfire.