Cal Fire serves and safeguards the people and protects the property and resources of California. Cal Fire is dedicated to the fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildland and provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State's 58 counties via contracts with local governments.
Cal Fire duties include:

• Issuing burn permits and campfire permits
• Coordinating the RVETS program in partnership with California Department of Veterans Affairs and the California National Guard to streamline employment opportunities to returning veterans (RVETS=Returning Veterans; Enlisting Their Skills for CAL FIRE Service)
• Offering Fire Fighter 1 seasonal, temporary work outdoors with access to health benefits and opportunities to work in various locations throughout the state as well as a variety of other Fire Protection and Forester careers.
• Providing a Statewide Fire Map and incident information (for occurances such as large, extended-day wildfires (10…

ALERTWildfire provides wildfire monitoring cameras and tools for the greater Tahoe region to support fire response and public safety.

Services include:

• Helping detect and confirm wildfire ignitions
• Supporting resource planning by showing real-time fire activity
• Assisting with evacuation planning through situational awareness
• Allowing monitoring of fire behavior during active containment
• Tracking flare-ups on previously contained fires

Web pages

• Home - https://www.alertwildfire.org/

Montana Wildfire Smoke offers many useful resources regarding wildfire smoke. Wildfire smoke containing fine particulate matter can cause eye and throat irritation, headaches, nausea, shortness of breath, congestion, coughing, impaired lung function, and chest pain. When air quality is poor, the primary public health message is to stay indoors. However, not all community members have the same ability to limit smoke exposure in the buildings where they live, work, attend school, or spend time indoors. The Sierra Fund is working with local public health officials and service providers to ensure equitable access to places with cleaner air during wildfire.

Information about Air Filters and Creating a Clean Room in your Home to Mitigate Unhealthy Air Quality -https://sierrafund.org/airfilters/

How to build a Do-It-Yourself Fan/Filter Room Air Cleaner -
https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/diy-fan-filter.html (Climate Smart Missoula)

Web pages

• Home - https://www.montanawildfiresmoke.org/
• Sierr…

Nevada City Office of Emergency Services provides Defensible Space Inspections to all properties within city boundaries.  The city is taking proactive steps to enhance wildfire safety for it's residents and community.  These inspections are designed to be educational, assisting residents in identifying and addressing conditions that could increase their homes vulnerability in a Wildfire. 

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/177/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Defensible Space Inspections - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/187/Defensible-Space-Inspections

Nevada City Office of Emergency Services provides Wildfire Preparedness resources specific to Nevada City and shared resources with neighboring Agencies.

Resources include:

• Ready, Set, Go - Evacuation Exercise Series
• Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
• Nevada City Fuels Reduction & Open Space Projects
  
• Deer Creek Hazardous Fuels Treatment Project
• Creating A Fire Resistant Home
• Fire Wise Communities
  
• Fire Hazard Severity Zones - 2025
• Fire As A Tool

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/177/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Wildfire Preparedness - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/180/Wildfire-Preparedness
• Ready, Set, Go - Evacuation Exercise Series - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/324/Ready-Set-Go---Evacuation-Exercise-Serie
• Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/271/Community-Wildfire-Protection-Plan-CWPP
• Nevada City Fuels Reduction & Open Space Projects - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/179/Nevada-City-Fuels-Reduction-Open-Space-P
• Deer Creek Hazardous Fuel…

The County of Nevada provides Green Waste Disposal information. There are occasional free green waste disposal days in east and west county. Dates, times, and locations are announced when information for the events is finalized.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3453/Ready-Nevada-County
• Green Waste Disposal - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2775/Green-Waste-Disposal

In the event of disaster, The Nevada County Office of Emergency Services provides a list of trusted information sources (aka trusted news sources).

Trusted information sources, per Ready Nevada County's "Ready, Set, Go" Guide:

• 211 Connecting Point, 2-1-1 or 1-833-DIAL211, 211ConnectingPoint.org
• CHP Grass Valley, 530-477-4900
• County of Nevada, 530-265-1218, MyNevadaCounty.com
• County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services, 530-265-1515, ReadyNevadaCounty.org
• Sierra Sun, SierraSun.com
• The Union, TheUnion.com
• YubaNet, YubaNet.com
• KNCO 830AM, KNCO.com
• KOH 780AM, KKOH.com
• KTKE 101.5 FM, TruckeeTahoeRadio.com
• KVMR 89.5 FM & 105.1 FM, KVMR.org
• Nevada County Media, NevadaCountyMedia.org, Channel 17 (Comcast & Suddenlink)
• Tahoe Truckee Media, https://ttctv.org/

This list also appears in the Ready, Set, Go! Handbook on page 31 of the paper guide and page 34 of the PDF. Links to English and Spanish below.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3453/Ready-Nevada-County
• English Handbook…

Nevada City Office of Emergency Services provides assistance to vulnerable residents in creating defensible space around their homes and properties to reduce the risk of loss of life and property in the event of a wildfire. The program offers financial assistance to eligible low-income property owners and occupants who are either 65+ or disabled within the City of Nevada City to assist in bringing the property into compliance with the City’s Defensible Space Ordinance requirements.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/177/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Defensible Space Assistance Program - https://www.nevadacityca.gov/332/Defensible-Space-Assistance-Program

In the event of a disaster, the Ready Nevada County dashboard will display real-time data on the Ready Nevada County Dashboard.

The Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates with County departments, municipalities, key stakeholders, and special districts to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all disasters.

Ready Nevada County is an effort coordinated by OES to raise awareness and mobilize the community to prevent and prepare for wildfires.

2025 READY, SET, GO! Handbook - English (latest version for 2026)

2024 ¡PREPARADOS, LISTOS, A EVACUAR! Manual (latest version for 2026)

Web pages

• Home - http://www.mynevadacounty.com/1182/Office-of-Emergency-Services
• Ready Nevada County Dashboard - https://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=dfae8e3b36e3455bbf9dcc865349e72e
• Preparedness Toolkit - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2792/Preparedness-Toolkit
• About OES - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/1241/About
• Community Resources - https:…

The Defensible Space Advisory Visit program provides a one-on-one consultation and advice at your home for comprehensive education on compliance with Public Resource Code 4291 – the law that requires defensible space around structures. PRC 4291 was expanded in 2005 from 30 feet to 100 feet of clearance.

With increased promotion of defensible space, many people were confused and had difficulty understanding what needed to be accomplished. The council implemented a volunteer advisory program with formal training by CAL FIRE and local resources to provide an advisory visit that mirrored a compliance inspection without the threat of enforcement.

The County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services offers a Defensible Space Inspection that is more formal than the Fire Safe Council's Defensible Space Advisory Visit. The County program attends more to compliance and complaint issues.

Fire Safe Council asks that people please consider making the suggested tax-deductible donation of $25 (to cover co…