How to assess fire risk, pack a ‘go kit' and other essentials
Don’t wait for an emergency to think about an evacuation or ‘go kit’. The Texas A&M Forest Service recommends you start with ...
NBC Bay Area23d
Cal Fire unveils fire hazard severity maps for the Bay Area
The maps are interactive ... outlining requirements for clearing proper defensible spaces. "We’re providing defensible space inspections currently for those areas that are listed as very ...
kcra.com22d
New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger in the San Francisco Bay Area
HE RECOMMENDS EVERYONE REVIEW THE MAP. SOME HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT REQUIRED TO CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND THEIR HOUSE MAY NOW HAVE TO START. O’SHEA HAS BEEN DOING THAT ...
The Bulletin23d
Guest column: Wildfire hazard maps or not, Oregon needs defensible space and home hardening
This month, as constituents tried to convince me that the state wildfire hazard map caused increases in ... property that hadn’t implemented defensible space yet. Wanting all your neighbors ...