City of Dunsmuir

Dunsmuir Firewise

Dunsmuir is California’s 900th Firewise Community and 1st in Siskiyou County!

Save the Date

Free Spring Green Waste Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd, from 8 AM to 1 PM at the Community Center parking lot. Visit our Green Waste page for more details.

Tell us what you’ve already done!

Did you trim up your bushes and trees? Clean out your gutters? Chop down a tree? The hours you spent keeping your yard fire safe all count towards the community's yearly requirement we have to hit to become and maintain Firewise Community status.

It isn’t just the hours you spend, either. Money spent also counts, like hiring someone to remove a big tree or having a contractor put fire-resistant siding on your home.

If you’ve done any of this work, big or small, we want to know about it. Click the Firewise Form below to tell us about your hard work and help us be Firewise Certified!

For a full list of what work counts towards our yearly goal, click here!

Fill out the Firewise form by clicking the button below! Include your email to receive the Firewise Certificate.

Even if you haven’t done any wildfire mitigation work, you will still get the Certificate by filling out the form. Just put your name and email in the form and fill out zeros for the rest of the questions. Be honest, we understand that wildfire mitigation work is strenuous and expensive, not everyone is able to do the work.

Tell me about the Firewise insurance discount!?

Under new state regulations Safer from Wildfires, insurance companies must give homeowners a discount on the wildfire portion of their home insurance premiums if they live in a Firewise Community. Discount amounts will vary, but if you have the Fair Plan, you’ll receive a 10% discount just for living in a Firewise Community! This discount does not apply to commercial properties.

Fill out the Firewise form by clicking the button above, and we will email you a copy of the Firewise Certification. You can also email hazmit@ci.dunsmuir.ca.us to receive a copy of the certification. Show that certification to your insurance company to receive the discount.

***NOTE: SOME FAIR PLAN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DENIED THE DISCOUNT***

On August 30th, the City of Dunsmuir received notice from the California Department of Insurance that the issue has been resolved. Fair Plan residents must submit the Firewise Certificate AND the Firewise Community Map (click the Firewise Map button below to download) to receive the discount. Fair Plan residents are also encouraged to highlight the street name and approximate location of their home on the map before submitting it to the Fair Plan. By November, the Dunsmuir Fire Certificate should be in the Fair Plan System, and submission of the map should no longer be necessary.

am i in the firewise community?

Anyone in the Dunsmuir Fire District from the Mott Airport down to the county line is included in the Dunsmuir Firewise Community. So even if you aren’t in the Dunsmuir City Limits, you’re still covered! Click the Firewise Map below to see our Firewise Community boundaries.

defensible space

Visit ReadyforWildfire.org (click here) for the latest CalFire recommendations on actions you can take to defend and protect your home from wildfire.

Become a neighborhood Captian

Neighborhood Captains are essential to helping us maintain Firewise Community status, which allows us all to get a home insurance discount for the work we already do to be wildfire-safe.

Neighborhood Captains are people who know a lot of people in the community and care about keeping Dunsmuir fire-safe. They don’t enforce; they encourage and educate.

If you want to become a Neighborhood Captain or need more information, email Stephen Decatur at hazmit@ci.dunsmuir.ca.us.

the Dunsmuir hall of flames

The City of Dunsmuir and the Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County created the Hall of Flames to honor Dunsmuir residents who have consistently dedicated their time to making Dunsmuir a fire-resilient community.

2024 Inductees

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