FIREWISE
On this page, you’ll find links to your Firewise USA® certificate for insurance discounts. You’ll also learn about the annual reporting requirements to maintain our “In Good Standing” status, along with examples of qualifying actions, activities, and expenses.
The Fire Safe Serrano team and the Serrano HOA Board is proud to be recognized as a 2025 Firewise USA® Community in Good Standing—demonstrating our community-wide commitment to reducing wildfire risk.
Through HOA-supported vegetation management and homeowner action on individual properties, we work together to protect our homes and each other.
Widespread community participation is essential to prevent the kind of house-to-house fire spread seen in recent Southern California wildfires.
Many insurance carriers also recognize Firewise USA® designation as a sign of reduced wildfire risk—and some offer discounts as a result.
Download your official Firewise USA® certificate below.
Top row: Bill Osgood*, Chris Nicholson, Rich Langan*, and Ed Goldkuhi
Bottom row: Robert Biton, Cheryl Shields*, Jennifer Wells, Diane Ross*, and Ron DeHaven
* Fire Safe Serrano team
Serrano is a Firewise Community
Serrano West
Villages A, B, D1, and D2
Serrano North
All staffed gated villages and J6 and J7
Serrano South
Villages C, E, F, G&J4, and K3/K4
Time and Expense Reporting
Investing the equivalent of one volunteer hour (valued at $25.43) per residential dwelling unit within the site’s boundary in annual wildfire risk reduction efforts is a requirement of the national recognition program’s criteria for maintaining an “In Good Standing” status.
Each November, Fire Safe Serrano will ask the HOA to provide expenses for landscape maintenance in the open space, parkways, streetscapes, common areas, and production home front yards, which we will convert to hours for each Firewise community.
At the same time, we will ask residents to submit their list of time and expenses for the year spent on wildfire risk reduction activities. We will convert their expenses to hours for each Firewise community.
Examples of actions, activities, and expenses that residents can count toward meeting this annual investment requirement are listed below.
Home Hardening
Repairing and caulking exposed eaves
Enclosing exposed eaves
Replacing foundation, eave, gable, and roof vents with ember-resistant vents or covering them with 1/8-1/6 inch metal mesh
Replacing weather stripping around garage doors
Replacing vinyl gutters and downspouts with metal
Installing metal gutter covers
Replacing the wood gate and 5 feet of attached wood wing fence with metal
Defensible Space
Yard maintenance not provided by the HOA
Yard waste disposal volume
Replacing bark mulch with river rock
Removing shrubs and combustible materials under and near windows and under eaves
Removing dead and dying limbs and tree branches over the roof
Removing tree branches within 6 feet of the ground
Clearing debris and bark mulch from the base of wood fences
Removal of debris on the roof and in the gutters as needed
Education and Community Outreach
Viewing videos
Reading materials
Receiving a home assessment
Receiving a block assessment
Attending Firewise community events
Attending wildfire workshops
Providing home and block assessments
