Sonoma County was awarded a Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in November of 2022, providing $37 million towards home hardening and other fire mitigation measures.
The Wildfire Resilient Sonoma County, the BRIC project, will complement and scale up the projects, capabilities, and systems currently being developed by Permit Sonoma staff through the Sonoma County Wildfire Adapted program and the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project. This project will simultaneously implement mitigation projects in built and natural environments to reduce the risk of devastating wildfires.
The program’s defensible space and structure hardening assessments, community workshops, and rebate incentives to help property owners understand, prioritize, and complete risk-reduction projects. For more information, visit: https://permitsonoma.org/socoadapts
| Free Home Assessment via Sonoma County Wildfire Adapted Program | The Sonoma County Wildfire Adapted program (SoCo Adapts) is a pilot program that uses community-scale risk-reduction techniques to reduce wildfire’s potential for home destruction. The goal of the Wildfire Adapted program is to help property owners learn how to reduce fire-related risks. The program provides defensible space and structure hardening assessments, community workshops, and rebate incentives to help property owners understand, prioritize, and complete risk-reduction projects.
To request a free voluntary assessment, visit: https://permitsonoma.org/socoadapts |
| Insurance Information | Sonoma County has an information page with questions frequently asked by insurance providers: https://www.sonomacountyfd.org/fire-insurance-information-insurance-rating-information |
| Chipper Program | Visit Permit Sonoma for information on Vegetation Management, including Chipper Days and several other grant-funded service programs: https://permitsonoma.org/divisions/firepreventionandhazmat/servicesandfees/vegetationmanagementservices |
| Fuel Mitigation Grants | View fuel mitigation grants available in Sonoma County here: https://permitsonoma.org/divisions/firepreventionandhazmat/wildfirepreparedness/grantprograms |
| SOCO Adapts | View a variety of resources and assessment options: https://permitsonoma.org/socoadapts |
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Fire Safe Sonoma P.O Box 11734 Santa Rosa, CA 95406 (707) 676-4600 firesafesonomastaff@gmail.com https://www.firesafesonoma.org |
| Fire Safe Camp Meeker (707) 889-0589 fawn@opendoorins.com |
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| Fire Safe Freestone 355 Bohemian Highway Freestone, CA 95472 (925) 260-4346 maryleeguinon@gmail.com |
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Occidental Fire Safe Council (704) 482-0022 info@firesafeoccidental.org http://firesafeoccidental.org/ |
| Russian River Estates Fire Safe Council jwmastin@pacific.net |
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Upper Mark West Fire Safe Council 6985 Saint Helena Road Santa Rosa, CA 95404 (707) 756-2639 www.markwestwatershed.org cransac@sonic.net |
| Vacation Beach Fire Safe Council (707) 695-6900 joshkitchens14@gmail.com |
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Safer West County P.O. Box 989 Occidental, CA 95465 (650) 796-7158 elsbethlawson@comcast.net view newsletter |
| Fire Safe West Sebastopol DrewSoll@outlook.com |
 Firewise is a national program that encourages communities to work together to assess and reduce wildfire risks. Visit Become a Firewise USA Site to learn how to make your community Firewise. Alta Vista Terrace |
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COPE Northern Sonoma County
(707) 404-3161
https://copenorthernsonomacounty.com/
copenosoco@gmail.com
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Sonoma CO Permit Sonoma 2550 Ventura Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95403 (707) 565-1900 PermitSonoma@sonoma-county.org https://permitsonoma.org/ |
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Sonoma COAD (707) 544-6911 rrodriguez@capsonoma.org https://www.sonomacountycoad.org |
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Northern Sonoma CO CERT https://www.nosococert.org/ |
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Russian River Fire Protection District’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)Program https://russianriverfire.specialdistrict.org/cert russianrivercert@gmail.com |
| Sonoma Valley Wildlands Collaborative c/o Sonoma Land Trust 822 Fifth Street Santa Rosa, CA 95404 https://www.svwildlandscollaborative.com/ jplaugher@sonomalandtrust.org |
The majority of Sonoma county is protected by the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit of CAL FIRE. Urban and agricultural land is under the jurisdiction of local fire departments.
FRA
, both BLM and Bureau of Reclamation, is covered by CAL FIRE under the California Fire Master Agreement.
| Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management 2300 County Center Drive Suite 220 B Santa Rosa, CA 95403 https://socoemergency.org/get-ready/ |
City of Santa Rosa Wildfire Ready: www.srcity.org/WildfireReady Ready Santa Rosa: www.srcity.org/ReadySR |
List of Sonoma County Fire Departments and Protection Districts |
CAL FIRE – Lake Napa Unit |
Santa Rosa County Fire District |
Sonoma County Fire District |
