In the News
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Wildfire resilience starts before the fire
Napa County’s 2026 fire season is shaping up to be above average. Against that backdrop, the Napa Communities Firewise Foundation just completed an 11-mile fuel break along Hogback Ridge in the southern Mayacamas Mountains — transforming a flame-intensifying ridgeline into a strategic anchor point for firefighters. But fire officials are clear: home hardening and defensible…
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Before the Next Fire: What Napa Has Learned
Napa County’s 2026 fire season is shaping up to be above average. Against that backdrop, the Napa Communities Firewise Foundation just completed an 11-mile fuel break along Hogback Ridge in the southern Mayacamas Mountains — transforming a flame-intensifying ridgeline into a strategic anchor point for firefighters. But fire officials are clear: home hardening and defensible…
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Napa County’s Newest Ridgetop Firebreak, Built Parcel by Parcel
Napa County’s 2026 fire season is shaping up to be above average. Against that backdrop, the Napa Communities Firewise Foundation just completed an 11-mile fuel break along Hogback Ridge in the southern Mayacamas Mountains — transforming a flame-intensifying ridgeline into a strategic anchor point for firefighters. But fire officials are clear: home hardening and defensible…
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Remote Mayacamas ridge becomes Napa fire defense line
Napa County’s 2026 fire season is shaping up to be above average. Against that backdrop, the Napa Communities Firewise Foundation just completed an 11-mile fuel break along Hogback Ridge in the southern Mayacamas Mountains — transforming a flame-intensifying ridgeline into a strategic anchor point for firefighters. But fire officials are clear: home hardening and defensible…
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Napa nonprofit installing new ‘Beacon Boxes’ to help guide crews during wildfire emergencies
NV Register charts Napa County’s growth from 12 to 22 Fire Safe Councils since 2020—with Napa Firewise pursuing 31 for countywide coverage—as residents coordinate fuel reduction, evacuation planning, and urban outreach to cut wildfire risk.
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What the Pickett Fire taught us about prevention
Eight years after the 2017 firestorm and five years after the 2020 LNU/Glass complexes, our community has done something rare in disaster recovery.
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Napa County aims to expand fire safe councils as wildfire season heats up
NV Register charts Napa County’s growth from 12 to 22 Fire Safe Councils since 2020—with Napa Firewise pursuing 31 for countywide coverage—as residents coordinate fuel reduction, evacuation planning, and urban outreach to cut wildfire risk.
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Previous Napa Wildfires Were ‘Apocalyptic’ for Wineries. This One Is Different
Napa Firewise’s fuel reduction projects and defensible space work helped keep the Pickett Fire from devastating communities and vineyards, marking a major shift from past wildfire disasters.
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Firefighters Gain First Foothold on Pickett Fire in Napa County
During a 2025 fire, KQED highlighted Napa Firewise’s role in supporting the Pickett Fire response, where existing fuel breaks and access roads helped crews protect nearby communities.