AFS Emergency Fire Response

Personalized help when wildfire threatens your home or property

The AFS team is trained and equipped to perform all of our services both as scheduled work, and as emergency response to a wildfire. If a fire is threatening your home, property, or agricultural assets, we can respond quickly to both mitigate and directly suppress the fire before it causes major damage.

We specialize in the wildland urban interface - a work environment that can be challenging for traditional fire protection agencies. All of our crew members are trained in the specific tactics necessary to perform wildland firefighting techniques as a means of structure protection. With relatively short notice, our crew can rapidly fortify and improve your existing defensible space, and take direct actions to prevent a wildfire from penetrating those layers of defense.

We equip ourselves with the highest quality firefighting hand tools available on the market today. These tools allow us to cut defensive "handline" very quickly, and with minimal manpower. Our water handling equipment is also quick to deploy, and can deliver substantial amounts of water to remote areas with ease.

The most critical factor in wildland firefighting is time. Even a small advantage can be leveraged by taking action as early as possible. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that anyone interested in our emergency services schedule a defensible space assessment ahead of time. This increases our awareness of the property and any hazards it may be hiding, and allows us to identify weaknesses while there is an opportunity to correct and strengthen them.