Alba Road Firewise Renewal

We need your help with our annual Firewise renewal!

Every year, our Firewise community must submit updated information about our efforts to enhance wildfire safety.

Please complete the Alba Road - Annual Renewal Survey by October 24th to ensure we can renew our status and remain an active Firewise community.

Take a look at our latest newsletter, here! 

About Firewise

What is Firewise?

Firewise USA® is a national program hosted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Firewise USA® is a framework that helps neighbors work together in a community to reduce wildfire risk, through education and collaboration. Local Fire Safe Councils in the South Bay area promote the Firewise USA® recognition process as a way for communities in the WUI (Wildland-Urban Interface) to reduce their wildlfire risk.  This includes education pieces for helping neighbors to work together on defensible space, home hardening, evacuation planning and more. 

The Alba Road Firewise community was recognized by the NFPA in April 2022. 

What are the benefits of Firewise?

• Participation is voluntary.
• Community wildfire risk can be reduced by neighbors working together.
• Increases good will with first responders, providing safer access.
• Increases community communication, collaboration and emergency preparedness.
• Potential consideration by home insurance companies (USAA and Mercury).
• Potential access to grant money.

Alba Road Firewise Community

About the Community

The Alba Road Firewise Community spans from about 1 mile up Alba Road from HWY 9 to the top of Alba Road. There are about 110 households and approximately 250 residents within the community. 

In 2022, residents reported an impressive $1.06 million of investment towards fire prevention projects. These include projects such as vegetation removal and home hardening. 

If you would be interested in volunteering on future projects or for more information, please submit this form! 
 

You can find a copy of our FireWise Recignition Certificate, here. You will likely need to provide this to your insurer to receive FireWise discounts. 

 Helpful Resources

Q&A event with Chief Brownlee, here. 

Insurance Policyholder Insurance Non-renewal Presentation, here.  https://youtu.be/R1jUu8khURE?si=-1gD8hqbF2YEnEJo

Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County - Tons of resources regarding all things fire prevention. 

Ben Lomond Fire Department - Keep in the know for our amazing local Fire Department.

CalFire - Ready for Wildfire - CalFire's fire prevention portal. 

Code RED - Reverse 911 - Sign up for Code RED through this link! Keep up to date with warnings and evacuations for your area. 

Know Your Zone - Log-in to find out your evacuation zone. 

Alba Road - Firewise Certificate - Submit this to your insurance company for potential discounts

Wildfire Evacuation Checklist - An aid for preparing for evacuations

Wildfire Preparedness for Your Pets - A guide for preparing to evacuate with pets

Alba Firewise Community Map - A map of our current Firewise Community