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Fire Safety Outreach

How you handle campfires and fireworks can keep all of us safe. Prepare your home and family for wildfire season with home hardening and evacuation plans and find more trusted fire safety information here.


Fire Safety Outreach

Stay safe with our quick guide to campfire safety! From setting up your fire pit to extinguishing it properly, learn simple steps to protect the wild—and yourself. Let’s keep the adventure going, safely!

Wildfire Preparedness

  • Ready, Set, Go! Wildfire Action Plan (Interactive)
  • Ready. Set. Go! Wildfire Action Plan (PDF)
  • Make Your Home FIRESAFE - A Quick Checklist (PDF)
  • Animal Evacuation (PDF)
  • Equipment Use Safety (PDF)
  • Before, During and After Wildfire (PDF)
  • Learning to Live With Fire (PDF)
  • The Benefits of Fire (PDF)
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Outdoor Fire Safety

  • Campfire Permits
  • Campfire Tips (PDF)
  • Camping Safety (PDF)
  • Debris Burning (PDF)
  • Trees and Powerlines (PDF)
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Indoor Fire Safety

  • Exit Drills In The Home (PDF)
  • Cooking Fire Safety (PDF)
  • Safe Home Heating (PDF)
  • Candle Fire Safety (PDF)
  • Smoke Alarms Save Lives (PDF)
  • Carbon Monoxide Alarms (PDF)
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Holiday Fire Safety

  • Fireplace Safety (PDF)
  • Holiday Decorations Safety (PDF)
  • Holiday Lights Safety (PDF)
  • Smokey's Holiday Quiz (PDF)
  • 4th of July Safety Tips (PDF)
  • Halloween Safety (PDF)
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