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As part of Wildfire Preparedness Week, CAL FIRE teamed up with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety to demonstrate the significantly different burn rates between a home that has been hardened against wildfire and one that has not been.
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CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire and the state are helping homeowners in high fire-risk unincorporated communities with retrofitting using ember-resistant materials and incorporating defensible space to “harden” homes from wildfires.
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The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to establish a Home Hardening Program as part of a state pilot program to encourage homeowners to create fire-resistant homes.
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The County of San Diego joined CAL FIRE and partner agencies at the Ramona CAL FIRE Air Attack Base today to ask San Diegans to prepare for wildfires.
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The County of San Diego joined CAL FIRE and partner agencies at the Ramona CAL FIRE Air Attack Base today to explain what you can do to prepare for wildfires. Almost half of the state’s largest and most damaging wildfires occurred in 2020 and 2021, burning almost 7 million acres. But there are proactive steps you can take to prepare your home and communities to be more resilient to the impacts of wildfire.
