Desert Region Fire Safe HDEAA

01/31/2026

01/31/2026

Out at Giant Rock today (Saturday till 1pm) doing the thing 🔥
Installing OHV safety kits for riders — free fire extinguisher, first aid kit, and chain covers.
Grant-funded by Yamaha OAI.
Dusty, busy, and worth it.

01/22/2026

12/12/2025

Thank you to the California Fire Foundation 🔥🌵

The Desert Region Fire Safe has been awarded a special grant from the California Fire Foundation to expand fire prevention and preparedness services in

11/30/2025

Insurance non-renewals are hitting the Hi-Desert hard. But you’re not alone, and you have options.

On December 3rd at 6pm, Desert Region Fire Safe is hosting a community conversation at our Fire Prevention Office located in the MVFD East Station 2 to help homeowners understand what’s changing, what’s coming in 2026, and how to protect your home (and your wallet).

Local insurance professionals + Fire Safe leaders will break it all down and answer your questions live.

11/26/2025

Fire station restored. Community center opened. Properties protected. Watch our interview with KESQ News Channel 3 to see how Station # 2 is becoming a powerful resource for fire safety, preparedness, and community resilience in Morongo Valley. 🚨🌵

11/13/2025

Desert Region Fire Safe’s new office at Morongo Valley’s Fire Station #2 will be holding its first fire safety education meeting tonight (Wednesday,

11/10/2025

Defensible Space: Know Your Zone Zero
Learn how the first five feet around your home can make all the difference.

See real-world examples of ember-resistant landscaping and home-hardening in action at MVFD Station 2. Get expert tips to help safeguard your property — and hear from guest speaker Grace Hamilton in “Lessons From Altadena.”

11/07/2025

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11/04/2025

Do you know what to do in an emergency? Do you know how you can best help your neighbors in an emergency? The Red Cross wants to show you what to do. They

11/03/2025

From a quiet old unmanned station for 20 years… to a living, breathing Fire Prevention Office & Disaster Community Center 🔥

Brought back to life through vision, community grit, and a lot of hands-on work by the Desert Region Fire Safe team.

Grateful to Morongo Valley CSD & FD, CAL FIRE San Bernardino/Inyo/Mono Unit, Assemblymember Greg Wallis, and friends for standing with us at the ribbon-cutting.

Shout out to Whitewater Rock & Supply Co. for the generous Zone 0 material donation to the facility 🪨 and to Southern California Edison (SCE), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Listos California, Yamaha Outdoors.

This is what community looks like when it’s built by grit, sweat, and neighbors who care. 🏜️💪

California Fire Safe Council

10/23/2025

On Friday October 24th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Justin Merino will teach simple skills in this free, condensed workshop.

“…we’re going to be teaching hands-on CPR, which anyone can do. You don’t need a certification for that. And then we’re going to be teaching what Wilderness First Aid is. And folks might be curious, what is the wilderness? Lots of times people think of the forested area. They think of Big Bear as the wilderness. They think of lakes and green trees, but we are in the wilderness here.

In terms of medicine, Wilderness First Aid is going to be your response time and how you approach a situation. So if we’re looking at a response time from definitive care, meaning getting to a hospital, an ambulance, we’re looking at an hour to two days.”

On Friday October 24th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Justin Merino will teach simple skills in this free, condensed workshop. Here Veronica Koltuniak, Copper