Fire Awareness, Prevention and Resources 

• Fire Safe Marin: Wildfire Watch Special on Feb. 10 @ 6PM (Click to see flyer) on Zoom (Select for Zoom link).

• Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (MWPA) Executive Director Report - January 2025. (Click to read)

• It will happen here again: Reflecting on the LA fires and what it means for Bay Area fire prevention hosted by the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford. The video can be viewed here.

• Some tips for Escape Planning brought to you by FEMA, the NFPA and the US Fire Administration:

How fast does fire move? Very fast. You could have less than 2 minutes to get out safely once the smoke alarm sounds. Every second counts, plan 2 ways out!

For more information about escape planning, visit: www.usfa.fema.gov  and www.nfpa.org. Inverness and Point Reyes specific evacuation route planning maps can be found here, courtesy of MWPA.

Fire is everyone’s fight - Resources for property owners

• Find out about MWPA’s Defensible Space initiative in Inverness here.
• MWPA Resident Grants for defensible space are available here.
• Can your short term rental be more fire safe? Find out here.

News concerning AB 3074 (Fire prevention: wildfire risk: defensible space: ember-resistant zones) that introduced “Zone Zero” as a five-foot ember resistant zone. When officially adopted by the State Fire Marshal, this law will require a five-foot ember resistant zone around all structures located in a Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ). Read the recent Executive Order signed by Governor Newson here. To read the bill and follow the staus of this bill, click here

COMING SOON!: The staff of IPUD and Fire Wise Inverness are working with the California State Department of Insurance to host an online event concerning legislation to assist property owners.

Stay Tuned for information to follow concerning this event soon!