Personal Safety
Red Cross Guide to Emergency Preparedness
It’s important to prepare for possible emergencies because they can strike suddenly and violently at any time and any place. There are three steps everyone can take that can help make a difference: get a kit, make a plan and be informed.
https://www.kensingtonfiresafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Prepare-San-Diego-booklet.pdf
Watch Duty
Watch Duty is a service, not an app, powered by over 150 volunteers – firefighters, dispatchers, and first responders – who diligently monitor radio scanners and other official sources 24 hours a day to send you the most up-to-date information.
Genasys Protect
With the Genasys Protect mobile app, follow a zone or turn on your location to get notified about danger wherever you are.
https://protect.genasys.com/download
Home Hardening
Sustainable Defensible Space
This site introduces Sustainable Defensible Space (SDS) as the area around the home extending 100 feet from the home itself. The condition of this space is critical not only to increasing resistance of structures to wildfire loss and safeguarding firefighters’ lives but also to improving conservation values and protecting California’s natural heritage. The landscaping choices in this area provide the greatest opportunity for improved habitat conservation with its associated ecosystem benefits such as increased carbon storage, biodiversity, slope stability and water conservation.