Mitigation at Home
Napa County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2024
Perform Mitigation Around Your Home!
Mitigation around your home can better prepare you and your family for an unexpected emergency or disaster incident, and help you recover more quickly. Here are some resources to get you started.
Assess Your Own Risk
Using Cal OES MyHazards, type in your address to asses your risk to natural hazards including earthquakes, flood, fire and tsunami. Learn what you should do to reduce injuries, protect your life and those of others, and reduce damage to your home and property.
Visit Ready.gov to learn about different hazards and how you can prepare your home or business for these events.
Home Mitigation Ideas
Now that you’re familiar with the hazards that have the potential to affect your community, check out some of these mitigation techniques that can be performed around your home.
Wildfire Mitigation Ideas
- California Fire Safe Council: Information on grants/ funding programs and community events.
- CAL FIRE Why 100′: Video from CAL Fire with defensible space guidelines for your home.
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire: CAL Fire website for preparing your home for wildfire.
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire (Get Ready): CAL Fire tips on defensible space, hardening your home, and fire-resistant landscapes.
- CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire (Prevention): CAL Fire “One Less Spark” wildfire prevention tips for equipment use, debris burning, campfires and more.
- Fire Safe Councils Home Mitigation Resources: Safety information for residents including defensible space, home hardening, and other prevention measures.
Earthquake Mitigation Ideas
- Earthquake Home Hazard Hunt: FEMA recommendations for reducing earthquake hazards in your home.
- California Earthquake Brace and Bolt Program: California EBB provides $3,000 grants to be used toward a code-compliant seismic retrofit for houses that qualify. Find out more about the program and if your house qualifies.
- Earthquake Safety: American Red Cross recommends earthquake preparation and safety measures for protecting your home, family, and pets or animals.
Flood Mitigation Ideas
- FEMA Flood Mitigation: Tips for preparing your home or workplace, collecting sources of information, developing an emergency communications plan, and knowing what to do when a flood is approaching your home or business.
- California Flood Preparedness: Resources from the California Department of Water Resources which includes flood preparation, maps, videos, and other resources.
- Flood Preparedness Week: Information on California’s annual Flood Preparedness Week, which includes tips for flood preparation and additional resources.
Severe Weather Mitigation Ideas
- National Association of Home Builders Tips: Tips to equip your home with the accessories it will need to survive a storm.
- Severe Weather Preparation: Tips and resources for severe weather including preparation for thunderstorms as well as during and after thunderstorms from the National Weather Service.
Drought Mitigation Ideas
- Ready.Gov Drought and Water Conservation Tips: Tips and resources for water conservation in and around the home.
- California Water Conservation Resources: Water conservation tips and ways to manager landscapes during drought, as well as low-income rate assistance and water conservation