The very first thing a property owner should do before firing up a weed whacker or chain saw is to watch this video. Often times property owners think they know where to start and spend incredible amounts of time and money preparing for wildfire only to find out that they missed the most basic priority tasks.
Watch this video to see where to start preparing for wildfire. It all starts with "Knowing Your Risk".
An excellent video featuring Jack Cohen on how your home can survive a wildfire.
The host of this video is fire researcher Jack Cohen. He takes you through an example home and demonstrates how well a home can survive when proper home hardening techniques and defensible space measures are taken.
Caerleon Safford of Fire Safe Sonoma delivers a great presentation on protecting your home from wildfire with a focus on home hardening or the "structural" things you can do to help withstand embers penetrating your home or structure.
Watch this video and look at all of the obstacles to evacuation and how the heavy smoke obscures visibility.
Roadside clearing and defensible space are two very important aspects of having the chance to escape a fast moving wildfire.