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Winter Fire Safety: 6 Ways to Prevent Fire in Cold & Rainy Weather

Prevent Wildfire Year-Round by Avoiding These Hazards True or False: You don’t have to be concerned about fires when it’s raining or snowing outside. Answer:

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Give the Gift of “Go”: Holiday Gift Ideas

Nothing says “happy holidays” more than protection and peace of mind You might not think of Be Ready, Butte! as a source for holiday gift

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Valuable Lessons We Learned from the Camp Fire

As we reflect on five years, refresh your memory on fire safety The infamous Camp Fire happened five years ago, but the memory of it

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Fires don’t just start in the woods: How to safely light your house for the holidays

Tips on being festive and fire-smart. The holidays are almost here, and the urge to start decorating is stronger than ever (if you haven’t already!)

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NVADG: Helping Butte County by Helping Their Animals

Caring for the Evacuation Needs of Animals, Large and Small In the 1990s, two Butte area residents passed away during a wildfire because they refused

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Don’t Set Your Pumpkins on Fire: Halloween Fire Safety

Halloween? Yep, this one is about fire safety and Halloween. We know, we know. This blog might feel like a buzz-kill with all our warnings

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Sheriff vs. Police vs. Firefighters: who does what in an emergency?

Which Local Authorities Are in Charge During a Wildfire Event? During an active wildfire situation, a lot of people may be shouting what sound like

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Know the Evacuation Plan and Route for Your Community

There are plenty of very positive and effective things you can do to be ready for a wildfire, such as home hardening and creating defensible

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Home Hardening Includes Strengthening Exterior Doors

In our previous blog, we talked about how the heat from a fire can break window glass, creating an ember-inviting hole in your home. Another

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Hardening Your Home Means Hardening Windows, Too

If you’ve ever seen a glass-blowing demonstration, you know what the heat in a glass blower’s furnace does to glass. It breaks it down. The

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It’s summer! Get your FREE Seasonal Disaster Checklist

In Butte County, we’ve experienced wildfire at many different times of the year—late fall, the middle of summer, and even in winter. Since we never

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How to Landscape for Fire Safety in Butte County

Learn from the experts! Local landscape architecture and planning firm Melton Design Group shares their tips for landscaping in a way that protects your property

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Do you know 2 ways out of your house?

During an active emergency, it’s important to know multiple ways out of your home and community. How to Get Away During an Active Wildfire Getting

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Defensible Space Spotlight: Non-combustible Fencing

When Robert Frost wrote a poem about a guy saying, “Good fences make good neighbors,” that guy probably never had wildfire for a neighbor. Fire

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Defensible Space Spotlight: What to Put in Those First Five Feet

Being told what you should and shouldn’t do on your own property is a pain. We get it. One of the more puzzling things for

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What are Burn Permits? And where do I get one?

What are burn permits? To help residents keep up with the removal of burnable debris on their properties, the State of California allows open burning

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How to Create a Detailed Home Inventory

Contemporary technology has made it easier than ever. A detailed home inventory is an important part of getting ready in the event of a fire.

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Creating a Plan for Your Defensible Space

Before you create a plan for your defensible space, let’s do a brief review of exactly what defensible space is.  The defensible space concept Defensible

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Do You Have Enough Home Insurance?

Don’t let fire find you underinsured. Being ready means being realistic. A lot of fire precautions focus on making it harder for fire to reach

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What Is Defensible Space?

5 ways to create barriers between your home and approaching wildfire. We talk about it a lot, but what is defensible space? In a nutshell,

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