# 🚨 Welcome to Creston Firewise: Resources and Table of Contents 🚨

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**Created:** [February 15, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/welcome-to-creston-firewise-resources-and-table-of-contents/17 "2025-02-15T22:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichelThouati](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/www.berkeleyfirewise.org/michelthouati/32/179_2.png) [@MichelThouati](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/u/MichelThouati)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/welcome-to-creston-firewise-resources-and-table-of-contents/17/1 "2025-02-15T22:29:58Z")

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Creston Firewise, a certified NFPA Firewise neighborhood, counts 108 households, along Creston Rd starting at Marin Blvd and going south to the end of the street, Grizzly Peak starting at Marin Blvd and going south for a long block, Forrest east of Grizzly Peak, and a small number of adjoining households on the south side of Marin Blvd.

**Updates**

- [Opinion: avoiding costly mistakes in wildfire prevention when landscaping in 2026](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/opinion-avoiding-costly-mistakes-in-wildfire-prevention-when-landscaping-in-2026/302)
- [Opinion: avoiding costly mistakes in wildfire prevention when remodeling in 2026](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/opinion-avoiding-costly-mistakes-in-wildfire-prevention-when-remodeling-in-2026/300)
- [2026-05-21 "Prepare for Fire Season" May 30-31 clearing weekend and picnic!](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2026-05-21-prepare-for-fire-season-may-30-31-clearing-weekend-and-picnic/555)
- [2026-05-19 The proposal to close Fire Station #4](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2026-05-19-the-proposal-to-close-fire-station-4/556)
- [2025-04-30 April 2026 Update](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/april-2026-update/554)
- [2026-02-28 Do you need help complying with the new fire regulations?](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2026-02-28-do-you-need-help-complying-with-the-new-fire-regulations/558)
- [2026-01-26 Gates and Fences Day: what an attendance!](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/gates-and-fences-day-on-sunday-26-26-what-an-attendance/526)
- [2026-01-23 Reminders: Sunday 3:00pm Annual Mtg; Sun 4:30pm Gates and Fences Day with Vendors](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2026-01-23-reminders-sunday-3-00pm-annual-mtg-sun-4-30pm-gates-and-fences-day-with-vendors/557)

**Evacuation information**

- [Evacuation Checklist](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/download-this-emergency-wildfire-evacuation-checklist-on-your-phone/451)
- [Evacuation: possible routes from Creston Firewise](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/map-creston-firewise-evacuation/28)
- [Our online evacuation clinic](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/creston-firewise-evacuation-clinic/468)

**2024-2025 Information**

- [2025-03-23 Creston Firewise 2025 adopted action plan](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-03-23-creston-firewise-2025-adopted-action-plan/299)
- [2025-03-23 Creston Firewise annual meeting notes](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-03-23-creston-firewise-annual-meeting-notes/298)
- [2025-03-13 March 23 neighborhood mtg, supporting EMBER, and other important news](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-03-13-march-23-neighborhood-mtg-supporting-ember-and-other-important-news/265)
- [2025-02-11 Special City Council session: EMBER proposal](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-02-11-special-city-council-session-ember-proposal/84)
- [2025-02-09 Creston Firewise Important News and Updates](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-02-09-creston-firewise-important-news-and-updates/27)
- [Suggested Letter in support of BFD’s EMBER Proposal](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/suggested-letter-in-support-of-bfd-s-ember-proposal/89)
- [2025-01-12 Firewise Application Approved, and other important updates!](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-01-12-firewise-application-approved-and-other-important-updates/107)

**2024 Creston Firewise application to Firewise USA**

- [2024-12-29 Creston Firewise ‘24 Application: the neighborhood](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2024-12-29-creston-firewise-24-application-the-neighborhood/109)
- [2024-08-18: we vote to organize as a Firewise neighborhood](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2024-08-18-we-vote-to-organize-as-a-firewise-neighborhood/115)

**2024 Member survey forms** [do not fill these in 2025]

- [2024 Creston Firewise Member Surveys](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2024-creston-firewise-member-surveys/112)

**Resources**

- [https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/2025-02-10-fire-propagation-into-north-berkeley-xyloplan-notes/10552](https://go.helpberkeley.org/t/2025-02-10-fire-propagation-into-north-berkeley-xyloplan-notes/10552)
- [2025-02-01 BerkeleyFiresafe-listed fire hardening contractors](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2025-02-01-berkeleyfiresafe-listed-fire-hardening-contractors/86)
- [2024-12-07: Assessing a property’s wildfire risk, by Chief Kevin Revilla](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/2024-12-07-assessing-a-property-s-wildfire-risk-by-chief-kevin-revilla/113)
- [2024-07-01: Landscaping for a Fire Resilient Home | California Native Plant Society](https://www.cnps.org/wildfire/best-practices)

**Maps**

- [Map: Creston Firewise boundaries](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/map-creston-firewise-boundaries/111)
- [Map: Primary Creston Firewise evacuation Routes](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/map-creston-firewise-evacuation/28)
- [Map: Creston Firewise firefighting and water access](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/t/map-creston-firewise-firefighting-and-water-access/110)

**How to Contact Creston Firewise**

- [Sign up on the website](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/signup)
  - then send a message to @Sara-1009, @EricWeaver or @MichelThouati (click on the name, then click on the Message button)
  - or post a question on [The Community](https://www.berkeleyfirewise.org/c/wildfire-discussions/4)
