2026 Webinar & RESOURCES: Real Estate & Defensible Space
2026 REAL ESTATE & DEFENSIBLE SPACE WEBINAR
Valuable updates from TSBOR, CAR, Truckee Fire and Tahoe Donner on real estate defensible space disclosure laws, inspections, processes & more, now available on our YouTube channel.
WEBINAR SLIDES
RESOURCES
Resources discussed during the webinar are all available within the Truckee Fire website. You can find them quickly here:
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Opening for real estate inspections on April 28th for the 2025 season.
Request a real estate inspection
Q&A about the inspection process
Tips for navigating inspection reports, working with service providers, and more, access the Truckee Fire 2025 Webinar Slide Deck (link coming soon)
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Including links to CAL FIRE’s searchable maps and Town of Truckee’s updates.
https://www.truckeefire.org/realestatepages/2023/12/12/fhsz
James Blattler, Emergency Services Manager, Town of Truckee
Phone: 530-582-7912 /// Cell: 530-386-8494 /// jblattler@townoftruckee.gov /// www.townoftruckee.gov/ready
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including searchable maps, and FAQ. Contact the Resident Leader of each community to obtain the certificates
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Tahoe Donner’s calendar will open May 21st for the 2025 real estate inspections season.
Contacts:
Tahoe Donner Forestry Dept
(530) 587 9432
defensiblespace@tahoedonner.com
Pol Salmon, Defensible Space Supervisor
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2026 Service Providers Webinar - we recommend sharing this with any service provider doing dspace work for you. This is also where you’ll find more details about the changes to Zone Zero in the 2026 inspection cycle.
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CALFIRE’s Low Cost Retrofit List - mitigations that will be itemized on the FHDS Form beginning July 2025
Dept of Insurance Safer From Wildfires - mitigations with potential discounts from insurance providers
Truckee Fire Home Hardening - more info on home hardening
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Dept of Insurance Safer from Wildfires program - potential insurance discounts for mitigations
Real Estate Landing Page
Many more resources, links, and FAQ are available on the main real estate page: truckeefire.org/realestate
As always, our team is available to help. Send us an email dspace@truckeefire.org.