Sheltering-in-Place During Wildfires
Learn What It Means to Be Shelter-In-Place
If
you live in The Bridges, The Crosby, CIELO, 4S Ranch or The Lakes,
your home is considered SHELTER-IN-PLACE. But what does that mean? Our community program will provide you with information and tips to maintain your Shelter-in-Place status and help you decide what do if a wildfire threatens your community.
Contents of our SIP program include:
- What is shelter-in-place?
- Defining the term
- Our local shelter in place communities
- Designing a shelter-in-place Communies
- Fire-resistive homes
- Fire-resistive landscaping
- Specific home features
- Specific community features
- Why not Evacuate?
- When Wildfire Approaches
- Preparing your home
- Preparing your family
- Emergency actions
- Maintaining your shelter-in-place community
- Maintaining your fire-resistive home
- Maintaining your fire-resistive landscape
- Community maintenance
Although the SIP concept is new to the United States, Australia
has used the concept for years. Recently, our SIP communities passed the test of the Witch Creek Fire. Although the fire burned in and around these communities, not a single SIP shetler was lost. To learn more about sheltering in
place, or to schedule this presentation, please contact Julie Taber
at 858-756-6008, or via
email.