Events and Training

Community Events

Workshops, trainings, and gatherings that prepare and strengthen the families behind the uniform and the neighborhoods they call home.

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Our Purpose

Why We Show Up

Service families spend their lives showing up for everyone else. Our events exist to show up for them, and for the neighborhoods they protect. Every gathering serves three purposes.

Prepare

We put real, practical readiness into every household: evacuation plans, go bags, home hardening, and the skills that turn panic into a plan when the emergency comes.

Connect

We bring neighbors face to face with the firefighters, deputies, paramedics, and service families who protect them, building relationships before they're needed.

Strengthen

We build communities where uniform families across all six pillars (Fire, Law Enforcement, Paramedic/EMS, Military, Medical/Frontline, and Uniform Kids) are known, supported, and never alone.

Every Event, Every Time

What You Will Learn

Every UFF event is built to send you home with skills you can use that same night. Across our workshops and trainings, families learn three things.

Preparedness Skills

  • Wildfire, earthquake, and flood readiness
  • Defensible space and home hardening
  • Go bag building and document protection
  • Utility shutoff and alert system signups

Family Readiness

  • Family communication and reunification plans
  • Evacuation planning for kids, seniors, and pets
  • Talking to children about emergencies without fear
  • Insurance, records, and recovery basics

Community Connection

  • Meeting your local responders before a crisis
  • Neighborhood specific risks and resources
  • How neighbors support uniform families
  • Ways to volunteer and give back locally
Before You Come

What to Expect

Every UFF community event is 100% free. Always.
Family friendly. Kids are welcome, and Uniform Kids activities are part of the plan.
No signup pressure and nothing sold. We are a nonprofit, not a sales pitch.
Take home materials at every event, including guides and checklists.
Real responders in the room: fire, law enforcement, and EMS professionals you can ask anything.
Events are live streamed or recorded whenever possible so no family misses out.
Mark Your Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Community Workshop: Coming This Fall

Our next wildfire and emergency preparedness workshop for Santa Clarita Valley communities is being scheduled now. Check back for the date, or request a workshop for your own neighborhood, school, or HOA below.

Featured Event

Emergency Preparedness Meeting

Free Community Event · Presented by Uniform Families Foundation

Tesoro and Tesoro Highlands

When
Spring 2026 (Recording Available)
Where
Tesoro Del Valle Elementary School
Room
Multipurpose Room
Cost
100% Free, Open to All
Live streamed and recorded on uniformfamiliesfoundation.com

What You Will Learn

Wildfire preparedness and defensible space
Evacuation routes and family communication plans
Emergency go bag essentials
Earthquake preparedness and safety
Flood awareness for the SCV
Utility shutoff procedures (gas, water, electric)
Pet and livestock evacuation planning
Emergency alert signups (LA County Alert, Nixle)
Insurance and important records protection
Community specific risks for our neighborhoods

Presented By

Uniform Families Foundation

501(c)(3) Nonprofit · CAL FIRE Foundation Grant Recipient

LA County Fire Department

Wildfire preparedness and emergency response experts

SCV Sheriff's Department

Public safety and evacuation coordination

Free 35 Page Emergency Preparedness Guide

Every household in attendance receives a comprehensive guide covering wildfires, earthquakes, floods, evacuation planning, go bag checklists, family communication plans, and more. Developed specifically for Santa Clarita Valley residents by Uniform Families Foundation.

Why This Matters

Be Informed. Be Prepared. Be Safe.

Last year, the Castaic fires forced the evacuation of our entire community. Families left their homes in panic, many without a plan, without supplies, and without knowing what to do next.

Wildfire season is year round. Earthquakes can strike at any moment. Floods follow fires. Our community sits in a high risk zone, and being prepared is not optional. It is essential.

These events are organized by Julie Holt, a Tesoro Highlands resident, founder of Uniform Families Foundation, and a fire family wife. Her husband, Captain John Holt, has served with the Los Angeles City Fire Department for over 20 years. She is bringing everything she has learned to help protect our neighborhood.

Every event is for every resident: families, seniors, renters, homeowners, first responders, and anyone who calls the Santa Clarita Valley home.

Uniform Families Foundation
Serving the families behind the uniform: Fire, Law Enforcement, Paramedic/EMS, Military, Medical/Frontline, and Uniform Kids.
Uniform Families Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. EIN: 41-5063345. Sponsored events are free to the community and funded through grants and donor designated gifts.