Before a Wildfire

Are You Prepared for Wildfire?

• Ready, Set, Go! Create A Wildfire Action Plan For Your Home (Video / Spanish)
• Your Role in Fire Adapted Communities
• FEMA How to Prepare for Wildfire
• NIFC How to Prepare for Wildland Fire
• What should I do to Be Ready for Wildfires?
• Be Red Cross Ready: Wildfire Safety Checklist (English pdf | Spanish pdf)
• NMDHSEM Family Preparedness Guide
• What should I do if a wildfire is approaching?
• What can I do to help protect my home from wildfire? 
• FEMA Resources for Helping People with Disabilities and Other Access & Functional Needs
• Protecting Your Finances if a Disaster Strikes: Are you prepared?
• IBHS – Guidelines for Financially Preparing for Wildfires: Do You Have Enough Homeowners Insurance?
• Wildfire and Insurance
• Tips on Obtaining the Right Type and Amount of Insurance Coverage
• Risk of Flooding Increases After Wildfire – Don’t Forget Flood Insurance Too
• Create a Home Inventory
• IBHS tri-fold Wildfire Protection Guide: “Reducing Wildfire Risk – Commercial Properties
• IBHS tri-fold Wildfire Protection Guide: “Reducing Wildfire Risk – Farms and Ranches”
• IBHS tri-fold Wildfire Protection Guide: “Reducing Wildfire Risk – Residential Properties”

Emergency Preparedness for Pets and Livestock

• New Mexico Animal Disaster Planning Guide and Pet Friendly Hotels
• Preparing Your Pets for Emergencies
• Disaster Readiness Tips for Owners of Pets or Service Animals
• Disaster Planning for Pets, Horses, and Farm Animals
• Equine Emergency Preparedness
• Wildfire Smoke and Horses

Firewise Resources

• Living with Fire: A Guide for the Homeowner (14MB)
• Viviendo Con Incendios: Una guía para los dueños de casas en Nuevo México
• Firewise.org 
• Wildfire Safety Tips from the NM Dept of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
• NM State University Firewise Resources
• IIBHS Resources on How to Reduce Risks from a Wildfire
• Video: Saving the Mountain, Saving Your Home
• Video: Wildfire: Preventing Home Ignitions
• Video: Protecting Your Home from Wildfire
• Understanding Fire Behavior in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
• YouTube: Firewise Videos
• Fire Adapted Communities
• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network