If You Fly, We Can’t Recreational drones near wildfires are not safe. Flying recreational drones over or near wildfires could cause injury or death to firefighters and hamper the effectiveness of wildfire suppression operations. If recreational drones are detected over or near a wildfire, aerial firefighting aircraft may be grounded, causing wildfires to grow larger and unduly threaten lives, property, and natural and cultural resources. Individuals who interfere with wildfire suppression efforts may be subject to civil penalties and criminal prosecution.
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
What to Do During a Wildfire
- Ready, Set, Go! Wildfire Action Plan
- Wildfire Safety Tips from the NM Dept of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
- FEMA: What To Do During a Wildfire
- Search for Red Cross Shelters
- List yourself as safe and well with NM Red Cross or search for a loved one
- NM EPHT: Environmental Health Conditions and Alerts
- NMDOT’s 511 Travel Information
Emergency Alert Systems
- NMFireInfo E-mail Updates: Click on the +Follow tab in the lower right corner of NMFireInfo.com to sign up to get an e-mail when new NMFireInfo.com posts are added. You can Manage Your Subscription to choose to have updates delivered immediately, daily, or weekly or Unfollow when you no longer wish to receive updates.
- Click here to subscribe to New Mexico State Forestry’s Wildfire E-mail Alert Service
- Contact your Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) to find out what type of emergency notification system exists in your county or municipality.
- Bernalillo County Emergency Alert System
- Lincoln County Emergency Alert System
- Rio Arriba County Emergency Alerts
- Ruidoso Emergency Alert System
- Be ready for wildfires with the official Red Cross wildfire app on your iPhone or Android device
- FEMA e-mail updates and mobile resources
How to Help
- Guidelines On Helping Others After a Disaster
- Help keep firefighters safe by creating defensible space around your home. Creating defensible space around your home is absolutely the BEST thing you can do to help firefighters. Learn how at http://firewise.org.
- Post thank you banners / signs in the community and on social media. This is a great morale booster for firefighters after a long shift!
- Write thank you notes to firefighters. Drop them off at the incident command post so they can be posted or shared.
- Write thank you letters to firefighters families. Put them in blank, stamped envelopes. After briefings or after shifts, firefighters can address letters to parents, kids, spouses, etc.
- Consider a Donation to Your Local Fire Department
- American Red Cross
- Animal Protection of New Mexico Fire Fund (shelter and care for animals displaced or injured by wildfire)
- National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- National Donations Management Network
- Wildland Firefighter Foundation
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