Sauvajot R. Conservation Science in fire-prone natural areas. In: Keeley J E, editor. Brushfires in California wildlands: Ecology and Resource Management. Fairfield, WA: International Association of Wildland Fir
One of the factors affecting California's wildfire season is new housing construction in fire prone areas. 但是清理灌木丛既费钱又费力。 首先,由于这些树木中的许多直径较小,所以它们作为木材没有商业价值,因此几乎没有经济动机去移除它们。 联邦政策历来倾向于在火灾刚刚开始时就将其扑灭,以确保人们的安全。
Indigenous oral accounts have helped scientists to reconstruct a 3,000-year history of a large fire-prone forest in California. The results suggest that parts of the forest are denser than ever before, and are at risk of severe wildfires1. The research is part of a growing effort to combine...
TheCalifornia Camp Firehas destroyed more than 12,000 homes as of Tuesday morning, and displaced more than 300,000 people.The damage will costinsurers between $7.5 billion and $10 billion, according an estimate risk modeler RMS. Buying homeowners’ insurance in a fire-prone areawas alr...
Still, there's some potential for near-term relief. Homeowners in California could get help from anew state regulation, announced Monday, that will require insurers to offer coverage in wildfire-prone areas. The ultimate goal of the new rules is to get homeowners out of the FAIR P...
I learned that the fire regime in California is ancient in its cyclic patterns. I was taught about weather patterns and fire fuels; we specialized in working the big fires along the urban fringe. Southern California is one of the world’s most wildfire prone areas, and its wildfire flames ...
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate in the wake of news that the fire had broken out. All related evacuation orders have since been lifted. There was no structural damage sustained in the fire, crews said. By Dean Fioresi https://www.cbsnews.com/live-upda...
Table 1. Key comparisons between state-mandated (moderate, high, and very high FHSZs in State Responsibility Areas) and state-recommended (only VHFHSZs in Local Responsibility Areas) programs in California, highlighting the differences between an optional and a mandatory program. Empty CellVHFHSZs ...
So-called defensible space laws require homeowners in fire-prone places to keep the area immediately around their homes free of landscaping and other materials that could catch fire. California already enforces some of the most stringent defensible space laws in the West. The state began r...
Despite being located in one of the most fire-prone areas in the country, the LAFD has less than one firefighter for every 1,000 residents. That compares to cities such as Chicago, Dallas and Houston, where staffing is closer to two firefighters for the same number of residents. Of the ...