Wildfires & Housing: What’s New?

• Introduction (video 00:00 – 07:00, slides 1-6)
• Panel 1: Home hardening Programs: (video 07:00 – 10:48, slides 7-9)
  • J. Lopez, State of California Community Wildfire Mitigation and Protection (CWMP) Program: Discussion of statewide home hardening efforts, program structure, and lessons learned from decades of wildfire mitigation and response. (video10:48-22:53, slides 10-28)
  • Anne Crealock, Marin County Wildfire Protection Agency (MWPA): Overview of Marin’s local retrofit initiatives, successes, and challenges. (video 23:08- 33:59 , slides 29 - 39)
  • Q&A and Poll video 33:59 – 45:17, slide 40)
• Panel 2 Introduction: Overview of regional role and framing for home hardening and mitigation programs: (video 45:17-51:10, slides 41-46)
  • Crystal Sujeski, CalFIRE: Explanation of where the building code applies. (video 51:13- 1:05:31, slides 47-55)
  • Colin Arnold, City of Berkeley Fire Department: Overview of Marin’s local retrofit initiatives, successes, and challenges. (video 1:05:42 – 1:15:30, slides 56 - 65)
  • Q&A 1:15:30 – 1:18-45, slide 66)
• Share Out, Poll, Resources and Next Steps: Audience questions and live responses. Learn more about what comes after this webinar. (video 1:18:45-1:26:34, slides 67-70)

This resource guide provides an overview of how recent policy changes are shaping wildfire-resilient housing in California. It lays out a current baseline for wildfire-resilient housing and a framework for developing policies and programs that accelerate fire-adapted communities. Organized around key elements of wildfire-housing mitigation, the resource guide offers insights into: 

• Where wildfire hazards are mapped
• What building standards apply
• How communities are addressing wildfire risk to existing housing
• When mitigation efforts should occur