The EmberReady Team is successfully helping individual residents on the California FAIR Plan to find an alternative admitted insurance carrier.
Additionally, the EmberReady Neighborhood program is helping neighborhoods to adapt to wildfire together by taking community-wide action to reduce risk across HOAs, Firewise sites, and neighborhoods willing to work together.
EmberReady offers free, virtual one-on-one wildfire risk consultations to review residents' wildfire risk reports, help prioritize which areas of risk to tackle first, identify ways to make the most of available resources, and discuss options for getting off the CA FAIR Plan.
If you are interested in getting off CA FAIR Plan, use the link below to schedule your one on one virtual consultation with our EmberReady Team.
The EmberReady Neighborhood program is designed to assist motivated neighborhoods achieve wildfire risk reduction on a community scale. Our team works with local fire departments to coordinate cost saving programs for defensible space and home hardening, organize outreach events to promote wildfire preparedness, and assist residents in simplifying the contractor selection process.
Our neighborhood programs prioritize organized and motivated communities looking for pathways to encourage their residents to take action in preparing for wildfire.
Nominate your neighborhood to become an EmberReady Neighborhood today!
(415) 663-6237
Marin Wildfire and Southern Marin Fire Department partnered with Homestead Valley Community Association’s Firewise Site to help harden homes in Fall-Winter 2026.
Upgrading your home's vents to ember and ember and flame resistant vents is one of the most affordable and effective ways to harden your home against an ember storm.
Additionally, enclosing decks four feet or less from the ground can prevent combustible debris from accumulating to decrease vulernerabilty from ember ignition, even if the deck material itself is fire resistant.
Don’t know if you have the ember resistant vents? Don't know if your decks should be enclosed?
Check your Wildfire Risk Report
Participating households can receive up to $750 reimbursement in total to help cover costs on ember and ember and fire resistant vents and their installation and enclose decks with 1/8" mesh or less.
Details on eligibility and how to participate will follow shortly. Stay tuned.
Marin Wildfire, Marin County Fire Department, and Southern Marin Fire Department are partnering with The Headlands HOA in Sausalito, a community of 139 condominiums overlooking Richardson Bay to help them reduce vegetation in Zone 0.
EmberReady is offering free virtual wildfire consultations for residents of Inverness.
Our program is offering one on one meetings to review resident's wildfire risk reports, helping to prioritize which areas of risk to tackle first, how to take advantage of available resources, and discussing options for those interested in getting off the CA FAIR Plan.
If you are an Inverness resident, use the link below to schedule your consultation with our EmberReady Team.
Stay tuned and check back here for updates on additional opportunities and resources for the Inverness community.
The Central Marin Fire Department has partnered with Marin Wildfire’s EmberReady Program to help East Corte Madera residents harden homes in fall of 2026
To keep embers from entering your home, confirm that the holes on mesh inside your vents are ⅛” or less.
Don’t know? Check your Wildfire Risk Report
This retrofit is one of the most affordable and effective ways to harden your home against an ember storm.
Participating households can receive up to $350 reimbursement to help cover costs on Ember Resistant Vents and their installation.
Details on eligibility and how to participate will follow shortly. Stay tuned!
San Rafael Fire Department, Marin County Fire Department, and Marin Wildfire are providing free removal of Italian cypress and juniper in San Rafael’s Santa Venetia neighborhoods.
Santa Venetia residents are eligible for free removal of Italian cypress and juniper from their residential properties. Free removals will occur from September to December 2026 or until project funds are exhausted.
EmberReady staff will work with Santa Venetia homeowners to identify and confirm vegetation to be removed, provide a full property inspection if needed, provide a release and waiver to have the work completed, and schedule the work to be completed with a licensed contractor.
Please use the link below to sign up. Once we receive your information a member of our team will reach out to guide you through the process.
You may also reach out to us directly at EmberReady@marinwildfire.org or (415) 663-6237.
We all know that removing Italian cypress and juniper is incredibly important to reduce your risk from wildfire. However, it is not so easy to visualize one’s garden with fire-smart alternatives. Marin Master Gardeners is a great resource to explore.
Plan Your Fire-smart Landscape has everything you need to know about fire-smart plant choice (scroll down the page) plant spacing, and even maintenance.
You can also email or call them if you have specific questions: helpdesk@marinmg.org or call them at 415 473-4910
For design inspiration turn, to Fire Safe Marin’s Fire Smart Yards: A Visual Guide for Landscapers
You can also speak with the Master Gardener on the EmberReady Team when they provide the full inspection of your property.
Fire Safe Marin has some tips at creating privacy and reducing risk: How to Plant Privacy Screens - Fire Safe Marin
