Shut all windows and doors to keep embers out. Open or remove flammable window treatments like drapes, but if you have nonflammable (ie metal) blinds keep them closed.
Related preparation: Make sure your soffit and attic vents have screens, and keep the gutters free of leaf litter (install gutter guards!).
Leave the electricity alone. The fire may never approach your home and you never know how long you'll be gone, it could be days and it sucks returning to a fridge full of rotten food. Power will probably go off for the neighborhood anyway.
Spend a little time cleaning up the area around your house. Move flammable items (furniture, toys, etc) either into the garage or away from the house. Shut off the valve at your propane tank, if you have one.
Assuming a rural district like ours, make the location of a garden hose next to the house really obvious. We go from house to house, defending each in turn as the flame front passes over. A brush truck holds ~300 gallons of water, which doesn't last long. Throwing a hose in the tank to top up while we wait delays the need to stop and refill (or call for a water tender, which might be busy).
I don't know the answer to your question about hydrant infrastructure, that sounds like something that will vary locally. In my district almost everyone is on well. Is your landscaping dry fuel or green grass? Personally I have an impact sprinkler on my roof and turn it on as soon as I hear about fire, in an hour the surrounds are saturated. Unless you hear otherwise from an official source, I'd start the sprinklers.
Shut all windows and doors to keep embers out. Open or remove flammable window treatments like drapes, but if you have nonflammable (ie metal) blinds keep them closed.
Related preparation: Make sure your soffit and attic vents have screens, and keep the gutters free of leaf litter (install gutter guards!).
Leave the electricity alone. The fire may never approach your home and you never know how long you'll be gone, it could be days and it sucks returning to a fridge full of rotten food. Power will probably go off for the neighborhood anyway.
Spend a little time cleaning up the area around your house. Move flammable items (furniture, toys, etc) either into the garage or away from the house. Shut off the valve at your propane tank, if you have one.
Assuming a rural district like ours, make the location of a garden hose next to the house really obvious. We go from house to house, defending each in turn as the flame front passes over. A brush truck holds ~300 gallons of water, which doesn't last long. Throwing a hose in the tank to top up while we wait delays the need to stop and refill (or call for a water tender, which might be busy).
I don't know the answer to your question about hydrant infrastructure, that sounds like something that will vary locally. In my district almost everyone is on well. Is your landscaping dry fuel or green grass? Personally I have an impact sprinkler on my roof and turn it on as soon as I hear about fire, in an hour the surrounds are saturated. Unless you hear otherwise from an official source, I'd start the sprinklers.