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Fire Safe Landscaping |
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| Excellent resource booklet for protecting your home with fire safe landscaping:
Firescape Booklet |
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| Do you have defensible space?
Defensible Space and Danger Spots |
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Additional Defensible Space for Homes |
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| City of Oakland Helpful Contact Numbers:
Helpful Numbers |
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Workshops are available for families and neighborhoods to enhance your knowledge of Emergency Preparedness please visit http://www.oaklandnet.com/fire/core/index.html
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Wildfires affect communities around the world. This online toolkit provides interactive, science-based tools to help homeowners better understand where wildfires occur and how to protect homes and neighborhoods, as well as get up-to-the-minute wildfire news. http://firecenter.berkeley.edu/toolkit/
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Disaster Planning Worksheet and Disaster Preparedness Calendar are Resources for Your Home and Family so that you “Be Ready, Be Responsible, Be Smart.”
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Be Smart Be Ready Tips
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Tool Lending Library: Tools
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Excellent resource for landscaping ideas “Don’t Plant a Pest!”
Website
pdf Document
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You can report illegal parking, abandoned vehicles, illegal dumping of trash or any other topics of concern by going to the City’s website:
www.oaklandnet.com – click on the “Report a Problem / Ask a Question” box on the left hand side of the screen.
Fill out the appropriate information, click the submit icon and it will be forwarded to the responsible agency.
Please Park Smart to Be Safe!
Attached is the current parking citation policy and related violations applicable in the City of Oakland, with special interest to the Wildfire Prevention District. With our narrow streets, crowded with cars, it continues to be a risk for everyone; not just in case of fire, but for any emergency call.
EMBUD worked closely with local gardeners, landscape designers, horticulturists, and nursery owners to reflect their hands-on experience with growing these plants in the nine counties of the greater Bay Area. This is an excellent resource book for all gardens in the East Bay Hills.
http://www.ebmud.com/conserving_&_recycling/plant_book/default.htm
Visit this link for a good preview of the book.
http://www.ebmud.com/conserving_&_recycling/plant_book/plant-book_overview_12web.pdf
Resources for Plants and Creeks:
Plant List For Creeks
Native Plant Species from Creeks Website
Recommendations for Ecologically Sensitive FireAbatement
Plants for Stabilization
Don't Plant a Pest Brochure
Additionally, you can call the following phone numbers:
Abandoned Vehicles – 238-6033
Parking Enforcement – 238-3099
Truck / Commercial Vehicle Complaints – 238-6033
Contractor Complaints – 238-3381
Street Repair – 615-5566
Median Strip Maintenance – 238-3092
Street Sweeping – 434-5101
Illegal Dumping – 238-6544
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The Wildfire Prevention Assessment District is dedicated to working together with homeowners and property owners, both private and public, to reduce the possibility of a wildfire in the hills.
Prevent, Protect, Prepare
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| Three P's for Residents (Large File) |
| Fire Safe Notice |
| State Resources for Fire Safety
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