# 🚨 How to start a new Firewise neighborhood 🚨

**URL:** https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/how-to-start-a-new-firewise-neighborhood/169
**Category:** Start a new neighborhood
**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/how-to-start-a-new-firewise-neighborhood/169 "2025-02-26T01:33:17Z")
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### Author: ![JenniferBraun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@JenniferBraun](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/u/JenniferBraun)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/how-to-start-a-new-firewise-neighborhood/169/3 "2025-02-26T02:17:34Z")

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**Initial steps** (for both starting new groups or joining an existing group)

- Find at least 8 households (for new FWCs) in your neighborhood that are interested, including a few people who are willing to do some initial organizing. The households do not need to be contiguous, just within your eventual zone.
- When expanding an existing FWC, no minimum number of homes is required.
- Set up an initial informational meeting with the BFD Firewise liaison (currently Chief Kevin Revilla at [KRevilla@berkeleyca.gov](mailto:KRevilla@berkeleyca.gov)).
- Advertise the meeting in your neighborhood, through email lists and flyers.
- After the meeting, assemble a core team to conduct recruiting, decide on a boundary, make a map, and choose a name for the community.
- If starting a new Firewise group, create an account on the Firewise website: [Log in | Firewise](https://portal.firewise.org/user/login) (not required if joining an existing group)

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