The Red Guide to Recovery

10/21/2022

Thank you Lennar for sponsoring the book on behalf of the Hanford Fire Department!

If you are curious about how we can customize the Red Guide for your community, check us out at theredguidetorecovery.com ! You can connect with us directly through the site and speak with the author to answer all of your questions!

03/05/2022

Here is a great website for information on the toxicity of wildfire smoke and wood smoke in general:

Wood smoke pollution is associated with serious diseases and premature deaths.

02/17/2022

This is very alarming!

12/24/2021

More and more fire departments are handing out The Red Guide to Recovery after fires and other disasters.

12/04/2021

Thanks to Chicago Water & Fire Restoration, the Dyer Fire Department now has copies of The Red Guide to Recovery to hand out to disaster survivors.

10/20/2020

10/10/2020

This is why The Red Guide to Recovery was created. To help disaster survivors, especially fire survivors navigate the recovery process and rebuild their lives.

09/08/2020

As wildfires devastate communities all over California, survivors will soon be in desperate need of resources to help them rebuild their homes and lives. All of our free tools offered on The Red Guide to Recovery website are made possible thanks to small donations from people like you. If you or someone you know is in need of recovery resources, please feel free to share them. If you have found our information helpful, please consider making a small donation at https://www.theredguidetorecovery.com/shop/donate/ so we can continue to help families rebuild their lives.
Thank you for your support!

08/26/2020

If you or someone you know has lost their home in the recent wildfires or has suffered smoke damage, here is a link to a bunch of free tools that will help: https://www.theredguidetorecovery.com/free-preparedness-recovery-tools/

04/12/2020

Here is an important paper on the most toxic substance in post-structure fire and wildfire settings: https://www.theredguidetorecovery.com/dioxins/

01/16/2020

Post-wildfire and structure fire environments are extremely toxic! Here is a video that underscores how dangerous combustion byproducts are and why you should never enter a fire damaged area or building without wearing the proper personal protective equipment:

Fire departments across the country are ordering changes to how they operate in the field, after alarming new research shows that cancer has become the numbe...