Firewise Madera County Blog

This is the Firewise Madera County main "blog" archive. Articles are time sensitive. Current posts appear at the top. Firewise Madera County is a collaborative education and outreach program of the County of Madera. FMC is designed to protect lives and property from wildfire through education, personal responsibility and taking action. The program promotes the NFPA Firewise Communities USA program.

Small Steps Can Help Save Homes from Wildfire says NatGeo Article

August 26, 2014

The Fire Break blog of the NFPA recently posted an interesting article citing a National Geographic piece on wildfire home destruction. [Read more…]

Associated Press Article on CAL Fire Uneven PRC4291 Enforcement

July 21, 2014

In an article by Don Thompson of the Associated Press he makes the observation that CAL Fire is not citing homes across California evenly. [Read more…]

Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone

June 15, 2014

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire) sponsored a free workshop on assessing wildfire hazards in the home ignition zone that took place on Friday & Saturday June 13 & 14, 2014. Madera County’s Firewise Coordinator Roger Maybee was able to attend. [Read more…]