Fire Risk Reduction for Vineyards

Ca. Land Stewardship Institute (CLSI) in collaboration with CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake Napa unit and with funding from the Ca. Dept of Food and Agriculture has created a comprehensive set of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Videos for vineyard sites that want to reduce their on-site fire risk.

These BMPs provide detailed background information and instructions for:

  • Worker Safety
  • Evacuation Plans
  • Hardening Buildings
  • Defensible Space
  • Protecting Site Infrastructure
  • Vegetation Management
  • Prescribed Burning
  • Post Fire Recovery – Clearing and Revegetation
  • Post Fire Recovery – Preventing Landslides and Debris Flows

Please download in English or Spanish

The Ca. Land Stewardship Institute in collaboration with LINK Creative produced eight videos on fire issues to assist private landowner in implementing fire risk reductions. These videos include:

  1. Vegetation Management: Grassland
  2. Vegetation Management: Chaparral
  3. Vegetation Management: Forest
  4. Prescribed Burning
  5. Post Fire Recovery
  6. Fire Issues and Resources
  7. Post Fire Recovery: Landslides and Debris Flows
  8. Evacuation plans and Defensible Space