Wildfire safety outreach materials

As a member of the fire service and a trusted member of your community, you’re uniquely positioned to help people plan for, respond to, and recover from the devastating effects of a wildland, grass or forest fire.

There are four easy ways to get started:

1. Review our fire-adapted community guide PDF 772 KB to learn how the fire service, local officials and the public can work together for wildland fire safety.
2. Join the Ready, Set, Go! program, managed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs. The program helps firefighters to teach people who live in high-risk wildfire areas how to prepare against fire threats.
3. Learn about the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, which focuses on restoring and maintaining landscapes, fire-adapted communities and response to fire.
4. Review tips for communicating about wildland fire from the National Interagency Fire Center.

Outreach materials from other organizations

The U.S. Fire Administration recommends the following organizations as trusted and reliable sources for free outreach materials you can use to help increase awareness about the risk of wildfires in your community.

• Fire Adapted Communities. A brochure, infographic, public service announcements, and a media toolkit to use in your outreach to help make your community fire adapted.
  The Fire Adapted Communities Coalition is a group of partners committed to helping people and communities in the wildland urban interface adapt to living with wildfire and reduce their risk for damage, without compromising firefighter or civilian safety.
• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. Featured resources include a community self-assessment tool, media kit and a field guide that connects experts and projects from around the United States to avoid “reinventing the wheel.”
  This organization works with communities across the nation to create a more wildfire-resilient future.
• Firewise Communities. Brochures, posters, guidebooks, DVDs, and much more for all of your wildfire safety needs and mitigation projects.
  The National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Firewise Communities Program encourages local solutions for safety by involving homeowners in taking individual responsibility for preparing their homes from the risk of wildfire.
• Ready, Set, Go!. Ready-to-use wildland fire resources that can help your fire department, regardless of size or outreach ability, to make a positive difference in the community.
  The Ready, Set, Go! Program seeks to develop and improve the dialogue between fire departments and the residents they serve. It works in complimentary and collaborative fashion with Firewise and other existing wildland fire public education efforts.