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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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Napa County Community Answers the Call: Beacon Box Network Expands to 24 Locations Countywide
April 2, 2026 Napa, CA— The County of Napa knows wildfire. Our hillsides carry the scars of the Nuns, Atlas, Tubbs, LNU Lightning Complex, and Glass fires. Residents here don’t
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Napa Firewise Adds Technology-Informed Leadership to Support Evolving Wildfire Risk
March 2, 2026 Napa,CA— Building wildfire resilience at the countywide and regional scale requires systems that can adapt over time and support the many critical partners doing this work. Napa
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Fuel Break on Hogback Ridge Gives Firefighters a Safer Line of Defense After Decades of Fire Suppression
December 19, 2025 Napa, CA — After more than a century of fire suppression and repeated major wildfires, a remote ridgeline along the Napa–Sonoma border is being reshaped to give
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CONTROLLED BURN PLANNED FOR COLLEGE FOREST
December 4, 2025 Angwin, Calif. – Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (Napa Firewise), in partnership with Pacific Union College (PUC) and supported by CAL FIRE and the Napa Prescribed Burn Association
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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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Wildfire Preparation Pays Off for Napa Valley Vineyards During Pickett Fire
Strategic mapping of reservoirs, farm roads, and new access routes by Napa Firewise helped firefighters contain the Pickett Fire and protect Napa Valley vineyards.