News
- 2025-06-20: Replacing combustible edging? Look at Cor-Ten steel
- 2025-06-19 A $400 wood-to-metal gate replacement DIY project
- 2025-06-18 Low cost home hardening
- 2025-06-16 Brent Blackaby: Tuesday June 17 City Council Vote on EMBER
- 2025-06-15 Zone 0: Reusing metal fences & other architectural fixtures at Urban Ore
- 2025-06-12 Does Zone 0 overlook important truths about flammability?
- 2025-06-01 Interview: Chief Dave Winnacker of BFD
- 2025-05-23 Adding vegetation in zone 0 with the fire department’s blessing
- 2025-05-22 More information about the 1980 Berkeley/Wildcat Fire!
- 2025-05-20 noncombustible door mats: a review of options
- 2025-05-12 A good-looking wildfire-adapted landscaped home in Auburn
- 2025-05-03 Early Lessons from the SoCal Fires by Chief Revilla of BFD
- 2025-04-21 Berkeley’s proposed new law would be among the strictest in California | SFGate
- 2025-04-18 Berkeley City Council advances defensible space ordinance | KRON 4
- 2025-04-17 No plants, no wood fences: Berkeley bans anything flammable within 5 feet of many hills homes | Berkeleyside
- 2025-04-17 Berkeley moves to make homeowners in severe fire-risk areas clear 4-ft Zone 0 | East Bay Times (behind paywall)
- 2025-04-16 Berkeley Moves to Require Vegetation Removal Near Homes in Fire Zones | KQED
- 2025-04-15 EMBER passes its first reading unanimously
- 2025-04-15 Berkeley may ban plants close to buildings in top wildfire zones | Berkeley Scanner
- 2025-04-15 Strict wildfire rules for Berkeley Hills could be approved this week | Berkeleyside
- 2025-04-15 Lawsuit against FAIR Plan risks destroying CA homeowners' insurer of last resort
- 2025-04-12 Opinion: five reasons our household supports EMBER
- 2025-04-10 Berkeley poised to ban most plants near 5 ft of homes deemed fire risk | SF Chron (firewall)
- 2025-04-07 New CA fire maps will not increase insurance costs
- 2025-04-01 Interesting Berkeleyside article about the Palisades fire and EMBER | Berkeleyside
- 2025-03-31 Berkeley Fire Map Survey needs your comments by tomorrow 5:00 PM
- 2025-03-24 Summary of the EMBER Public Safety Committee discussion
- 2025-03-19 NYT discusses how to evaluate wildfire risk when shopping for a home
- 2025-03-18 Scientific American discusses wildfire-resistant homes
- 2025-03-17 First wildfire-focused satellite makes it into space
- 2025-03-12 Fireproofing a house: interviews with two leading architects
- 2025-03-10 A concerning issue: Summit Reservoir shrank from 37M to 3.5M gal
- 2025-03-03 Chipper Day reservations are open!
Older news
- 2025-03-01 CalFire simplifies adoption process of Wildland Urban Interface regulations by local jurisdictions
- 2025-02-28 Home in revocable trust? List it as "additional named insured"
- 2025-02-27 Warning: missing a home insurance payment may now mean cancellation
- 2025-02-27 More evacuation workshops offered in the next few weeks
- 2025-02-25 CalFire publishes new wildfire severity maps for Alameda County
- 2025-02-22: Opinion---Why California’s plan to harden homes against wildfires is broken
- 2025-02-10 Fire Propagation into North Berkeley: XyloPlan Notes
- 2025-02-07 Berkeley Fire Department Proposes a new Zone 4 and the EMBER initiative
- 2025-02-05 Berkeley Fire Department Responds with New Wildfire Prevention Rules
- 2025-01-16 IBHS's early insights into the 2025 LA wildfires
- 2025-01-12 Fire Chief David Sprague provides guidance on fire protection in light of LA fires
- 2025-01-10 LA Fires: Satellite Images Show Scale of Destruction As Fires Rage on - Business Insider
- 2024-10-18 Extreme Fire Weather Alert in Berkeley
- 2024-10-03 Wildfire Season Comes Around Again: Maintenance Required
- 2022-08-24 Berkeley’s First Firewise community! | Berkeleyside