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Ready for Wildfire firePLANNER FAQ

Ready for Wildfire firePLANNER FAQ

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Many Californians aren’t properly prepared for wildfire, or what to do when wildfire strikes near them. CAL FIRE launched the Ready for Wildfire firePLANNER to help residents prepare for California wildfires. With the firePLANNER, users can create custom checklists to fit their unique situation and needs.

The wildfire survey and checklists can be accessed by entering plan.readyforwildfire.org on your device’s browser.

To view wildfire incidents near you, visit www.fire.ca.gov/incidents.

No, the firePLANNER will not be accessible from the Google Play or the iOS App Store.

Yes, users can add the firePLANNER icon to a device home screen, providing quick access to wildfire readiness plans and wildfire incident information.

Android users will be met with a “Add to Home Screen” pop up message to save the firePLANNER to their device home screen.

For iOS users they will need to click the share option and scroll and tap the “Add to Home Screen” button.

Users can answer four quick survey questions to identify their living situation.  Once the survey is complete, a personalized wildfire readiness plan is produced. The wildfire readiness plan produces personalized checklists of information targeted toward evacuation preparedness, creating a wildfire action plan, maintaining defensible space and hardening homes against wildfire.

Questions asked during the survey are specific toward individual living situations, and include:

  • Where do you currently live?
  • Are you a homeowner or a renter?
  • Does your property include: a driveway or access road, garage, a car, outdoor area with vegetation and/or a pool or a well?
  • Do you live with a: child, senior, person with a disability, pet and/or livestock?

  • Defensible space: Steps to take to ensure there is enough defensible space around homes and buildings
  • Home hardening: Tasks to complete that will help make homes more wildfire resistant
  • Evacuation checklist: Tasks to prepare you and your family for evacuation
  • Prepare for evacuation: Steps to take when an evacuation is anticipated or ordered to improve personal safety and home protection
  • Animal evacuation: Tasks to prepare to evacuate pets or livestock

firePLANNER does not provide information on wildfire incidents. Instead, users can find a direct link to CAL FIRE’s incidents tracking page – www.fire.ca.gov/incidents.

There you’ll find a map of active incidents throughout California. Incident information provided includes  fire name, acres burned, percent of fire contained, and more.

As part of CAL FIRE’s ongoing efforts to enhance the user experience and streamline access to time sensitive and vital information, we have identified that the SMS notification system duplicates content information already available through CAL FIRE’s incidents webpage.

It’s important to note that this SMS notification system was never designed to serve as a real-time emergency alert platform, but rather as a supplementary resource for general updates. To address this, all relevant information has been consolidated into a single, unified location: www.fire.ca.gov/incidents.

Yes, wildfire incident information can still be accessed by visiting: www.fire.ca.gov/incidents.

To view wildfire incidents near you, visit www.fire.ca.gov/incidents.

For evacuation information, contact local law enforcement or follow them on social media.

CAL FIRE does not provide evacuation information and should not be contacted for evacuation details.

Your firePLANNER account will not be affected by the discontinuation of the SMS notification system.

Users will still be able to access the custom checklists, set goals, view resources and edit plans as usual.

The firePLANNER allows CAL FIRE to:

  • Prioritize user’s needs by making information easily accessible. The Ready for Wildfire firePLANNER is available at https://readyforwildfire.org/. Ensure everyone has access to up-to-date information. The firePLANNER allows us to update information in one place and be assured all devices provide current accurate information and functionality.
  • Meet users across multiple devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile devices.