# CalFire’s Top 5 Focus Areas for the 2026 Wildfire Season

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**Created:** [June 7, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.nrgfirewise.com/t/calfire-s-top-5-focus-areas-for-the-2026-wildfire-season/887 "2026-06-07T04:10:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.nrgfirewise.com/t/calfire-s-top-5-focus-areas-for-the-2026-wildfire-season/887/1 "2026-06-07T04:10:32Z")

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**CalFire’s Top 5 Focus Areas for the 2026 Wildfire Season**

1. **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.