CaliforniaWildfire Rebuilding Guide

A guide to rebuilding stronger, safer, and more resilient structures.

California Wildfire Rebuilding Guide is a tool to rebuilding stronger, safer, and more resilient structures. Together, we can build back stronger, more resilient, and be more connected to each other and the environment through thoughtful and holistic building approaches. This guide provides easy-to-follow steps and choices to consider during your rebuilding process and points to other resources for deeper learning and guidance. Resources are provided for sourcing sustainable materials, energy efficiency, landscape maintenance and stewardship. For other resources and information, please visit the Wildfire Defense Rebuilding Support and Recovery Resources page on our website. Together, we can rebuild a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable California for all. This guide focuses on rebuilding in a way that prepares for the multiple hazards, not only wildfire, faced by those of us in California and beyond, highlighting resiliency and sustainability opportunities and co-benefits while making minimizing costs a priority. This is just one piece of our resilient rebuilding support program, which includes wildfire defense training and certificate programs, a Wildfire Defense Toolkit focused on home hardening, resilient home tours, community assistance workshops, and our professional directory to connect homeowners with vetted professionals.