This fact sheet from the National Fire Protection Association describes the risks to decks from embers and how to mitigate those risks.
NFPA Fact Sheet – Fences
This fact sheet from the National Fire Protection Association describes best approaches for fencing and gives guidance on maintaining them.
NFPA Fact Sheet – Coatings
This fact sheet from the National Fire Protection Association describes common practices and limitations of surface coatings for wildfire resistance.
NFPA Fact Sheet – Attics and Crawl Spaces
This fact sheet from the National Fire Protection Association describes best practices for how to make attics and crawl spaces wildfire resistant.
Austin – Coexisting with Coyotes
A brochure from the City of Austin describing the habits of coyotes, how to haze them, and when to report their activities to 3-1-1
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
This spreadsheet identifies resources available to residents living in Austin to help anyone in need. The variety of resources available is listed by topic. Many of these resources are available for free or low cost. Areas covered include Children’s Health Care, Veterans, Mental Health, Elderly, Free and Reduced Meals, and Housing, to name a few.
If you know of a relevant resource not listed on the spreadsheet, please email [email protected] to have it added.
1 – Final Documents Regarding Austin Oaks
An extensive page is available with the documentation from the charrette that was held in January 2016 for Austin Oaks. The page also includes material from the work done after the charrette during 2016 and 2017, culminating in the final PUD ordinance with the City of Austin, which was made effective April 24, 2017.
2018 05 08 Annual Meeting – Julie Cowan Slide Notes
These notes go with Julie's slides from the meeting.
2018 05 08 Annual Meeting – Julie Cowan slides
Our AISD School Board Trustee gave a talk about our schools and how taxes are handled.
2018 05 09 Annual Meeting Handout
This handout was provided to each attendee at the 2018 Annual Meeting.
2018 05 09 Annual Meeting Slides
These slides were used by the speakers at the 2018 Annual Neighborhood meeting.
2018 Neighborhood Watch Presentation
This presentation was given by Officer Darrell Grayson at the March 26, 2018 meeting about Neighborhood Watch. It contains many helpful ideas about keeping the neighborhood safe.
Neighborhood Watch Contact List
This template can be used (and changed as you see fit) to establish a contact list for all the neighbors in your Neighborhood Watch.
NWACA Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
This document describes the approach being taken by NWACA to address the wildfire risks that were identified in the February 2014 NWACA assessment. Individual neighborhood groups use this as a basis and as background for creating their own neighborhood-local CWPP.
NWACA Area Community Wildfire Assessment Report Introduction
This document explains the background for the NWACA Area Community Wildfire Assessment and how that assessment is to be used by individual communities within NWACA as they build Firewise Plans.
Firewise Activity and Expense Tracking Form
Form that can be used by Firewise Communities to track their time and expenses for hardening their homes and landscapes
NWACA Area Community Wildfire Assessment Report
The report completed by the Austin Fire Department and Texas Forest Service, which provides the baseline wildfire assessment for the NWACA area. This can be used as a reference for any smaller portion of NWACA when putting together their Firewise Community applications and their CWPP (Community Wildfire Protection Plan).
A NWACA Map for WUI Response Index
This map shows an overall wildfire risk index for the NWACA area. The index values are color coded, as shown on the map legend. They are a composite of three components of fire behavior in the wildland urban interface (WUI):
- vegetation hazard, based on density
- slope
- structure density of the area
As you can see from the temperature bar at the bottom of the map, about half of our neighborhood is at extreme or high risk in a wildfire event.
A NWACA Map of Conflagration Risk
This map shows each of the residences in NWACA, color-coded for their risk in a fire situation, based on proximity to other residences. The risk might be from a wildfire or from a nearby house fire. See the legend at the bottom of the map.
In addition, the map has circled the primary evacuation points for this part of Austin - see the red circles. In case exit is not viable, there are temporary evacuation zones where residents might be able to shelter in place, shown with white stars - the area around Murchison Middle School and the Dell Jewish Community Center.
2017 05 11 NWACA Annual Meeting Talk on Oak Wilt (PDF)
These are the slides from Joanie Arrott's talk about preventing Oak Wilt.
2017-NWACA-AnnualMeeting-OakWilt
Central Texas is in a long drought cycle, despite occasional rain. Dry NWACA landscapes and the homes within are vulnerable to wildfire because we live in a greenbelt with a lot of wildfire fuel in its dead and down material. Our homes are most at risk from flying embers. They can be made relatively safe by removing debris, sealing all points of entry from flying embers, and clearing dead and dry vegetation. If you haven’t yet done so, please get a free home assessment to help you identify your risks. Use the Home Firewise Risk Evaluation form in the Be Involved menu on the home page.