View our Wildfire Preparedness StoryMap - a comprehensive guide with informational videos, interactive maps and helpful resources. 

Being ready for wildfire starts with maintaining an adequate defensible space and hardening your home by using fire-resistant building materials.

Defensible space is the buffer you create by removing dead plants, grass and weeds. This buffer helps to keep the fire away from your home.

Hardening your home means using construction materials that can help your home withstand flying embers finding weak spots in the construction, which can result in your house catching fire.

It takes the combination of both defensible space and home hardening to give your property the best chance of surviving a wildfire.

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Brochures are also available at both Montecito Fire stations.