Wildfire and Emergency Preparedness

Below are links to the recording of the 2021 KPOA Annual Meeting. The recordings are broken up into sections and will open in a new window in YouTube. Click the links under the descriptions to view the recordings for that section. Sheryl Drinkwater, Oakland Fire Safe Council member and architect talks about Effective Home-Hardening Practices…

Below is the list of resources that Sheryl Drinkwater referenced in her Hardening Your Home talk at KPOA’s 2021 Annual Meeting. Watch the video of the presentation: Part 1, Part 2, Q&A Resource List in Presentation: Assoc. of Fire Chiefs (IBHS list)Univ. of CA Cooperative ExtensionUS Forest ServiceSustainable Defensible SpaceTwo MoreReady For WildfireUSDA Wildfire Risk…

Learn about how Kensington residents are working together to keep the community safe from Wildfire. Read the article in the SF Chronicle here. To find out how you can get involved visit the Wildcat Watch blog.

KPOA is concerned about the wildfire risk that is presented by the fuel load in Tilden Park. KPOA has urged the East Bay Regional Park District to take mitigation measures to reduce the fuel load particularly at the Wildland/Urban Interface where Kensington borders Tilden Park. KPOA also believes it is important to have a well-defined…