Wildfire Preparedness Week 2025

San Andreas, are you ready? The most common asked questions in the state. The first week of may signals the week of awareness with Wildfire Preperation. In some places the campaign lasts up to a month. It's a week of asking questions regarding wildfires, such as, how prepared YOU are for the Wildfire season. The conditions for a Wildfire is emergency, it can lead to catastrophic outcomes. So YOU and your loved ones should be prepared with knowledge of what you should do and what you should possess incase you be involved in such situation.

GET READY

Are you ready? we will cover topics regarding San Fire's READY, SET, GO! intiative. Each one covering different steps the citizens of San Andreas should take to ensure they are prepared and ready for a Wildfire.

Start by preparing your home and property withstand wildfire conditions. This includes creating and maintaining defensible space and adapting your sorroundings to be more fire resilient, especially under the drought conditions.

Defensible Space & Drought-Ready Landscaping

Creating defensible space dramatically improves your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. This buffer zone between your home and nearby vegetation helps stop or slow down the spread of wildfire and shields your home from flames and flying embers.

This space also gives firefighters a safe area to operate in, increasing the ability to protect your home.

During drought conditions, defensible space becomes more critical. Remove any dead or dry vegetation and consider replacing any grass or flammable plants with hardscape features such as, gravel, pavers, or concrete within the first five feet of your property. Remember, If you can't water a plant? It's not worth the risk.
 

A well-kept yard isn't the same as a fire-smart landscape. Fire-smart landscaping uses fire resistant plants and smart strategies to reduce the risk of fire spreading to your property. In San Andreas, many fire-resistant plants are also drought tolerant making them a påractical choice beyond the wildfire season.

Keep in mind: There's no such thing as "fire-proof" plants, all vegetation can burn under the right conditions. How a plant is maintained and its environment, and current drought levels can all impact fire risk. What's fire resistant in one yard might be flammable in another yard.

Always follow the minimum vertical and horziontal clearences to ensure fire safety.

SET

Get Set, before wildfires strike, it's crucial to make sure you and ytour loved ones are ready to act! Getting set means preparing for the possibility of evacuation by creating a Wildfire Action Plan and a Emergency Supply Kit you should also establish a Family Communications Plan. Every member of your household should be familiar with steps before an emergency ever happens.

Wildfire Action Plan

A Wildfire Action plan should be created well before the wildfire season begins. This gives you and everyone else in your household time to understand and practice what to do in such emergency situation. While every families plan will be unique, here are some key elements to consider.

Designated emergency meeting locations outside of the fire zone, vital for ensuring everyone is accounted for. Along with multipile escape routes from your home and neighborhood, routes should be practiced regularly so they become second nature. You should also have a Family Communication Plan, identifying an out of area contact, they can act as the main point of communication in case family members get seperated.

Prepare The Family

Evacuation plans should be clear and easy to follow, especially for family's with young children. Help children understand how to respond without causing fear. Make sure adults know how to quickly evacuate with children.

Plan well in advance, and practice often so everyone knows what to do.

Talk to children at their level, use calm and reassuring language. Agencies like the U.S Fire Administration, Sesame Workshop, FEMA, and the U.S Forst Service offer helpful resources designed for families with young children.

If your household includes older adults or individuals with disabilities, tailor your plan to meet their needs. Organizations like the American Red Cross and the U.S Fire Administration have guidance and planning tools!

Emergency Supply Kits

Emergency Supply Kits should be assembled before any wildfire occurs and kept in an easibly accessible place. Plan for the possibility of boeing away from home for several days.

Each family member should have a personal kit or backpack, backpacks are perfect for this. Share ditems like food and water can be packed in larger and easy to carry containers or tubs.

Your kit should include:
At least 3 days of non-perishable food, 3 gallons of water per person. A map with evacuation routes marked, along with prescribed medications and spare clothes. Cash or credit/debit cards, a first aid kit. Sanitation supplies, wipes soap, etc. Copies of important documents (passports, birth certificates, insurance, etc.)

GO!

Go Early, Stay Safe.
When it comes to wildfire, hesitation can have catastrophic outcomes. Giving yourself and your loved ones the best chance of survival means evacuating early, not when the fire at your doorstep. Being "GO!" ready means knowing when to leave, understanding what to do if you become trapped, and having already completed all the necessary preperationes.

Evacuate Early
Don't wait for the flames to get close. If you're told to leave, go. If you feel unsafe or conditions worsen, trust your instincts and go. Pre-evacuation planning makes it easier to act fast and confident under pressure.

Stay infrormed. Monitor official updates through trusted sources, such as SanFire, the police, the fire departments, and emergency radio broadcasts. Pay close attention to evacuation warnings, and when the order comes, be ready to leave without any delay.

Working Togheter: San Fire and Local Agencies

San Fire works in close coordination with agencies like the Los Santos Fire Department, the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and the San Andreas State Government to ensure that evacuation orders are issued swiftly and clearly.

If fire officials or marshals, or emergency responders come to your door with an evacuation order, you should cooperate. They are there to help keep you safe, supporting their efforts means supporting your community!

Preparedness Never Ends

Even though Wildfire Preparedness Week may be wraapping up, ouyr commitment to wildfire education continues. In the coming weeks, keep an eye out for educational material, community events, and more tools to help you stay ready for any wildfires to come.

So, now the question is...

Are you Ready to... READY, SET, GO!?