OPENER - Erik Scott is proud to return to duty at your Los Angeles Fire Department - Emergency Public Information (EPI) Center until 7AM PST Monday Jan 20.
The recent "Colby Fire" in Los Angeles has many talking about Brush Clearance...
Did you know? 51 years ago this month, The Mountain Fire District was established in January 1963 as a direct result of the November 1961 Bel Air Fire. A total of 484 homes were lost during that conflagration.
In April of 1972, The Fire Buffer Zones were established as a direct result of the wind driven Chatsworth Fire in September of 1971 where 198 homes were destroyed or damaged.
In April of 1981 the Los Angeles Fire Department established the Brush Clearance Unit to coordinate and conduct inspection sweeps of the Mountain Fire District and to contract non-compliant properties to be cleared of hazardous brush.
In February of 1986, as a result of the 1985 Baldwin Hills Fire that destroyed 53 homes and killed three people, section 57.21.07 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code was amended to include Mount Washington, El Sereno and Baldwin Hills in the Brush Clearance Inspection Program.
In 1993, as a result of the Oakland Hills Fire in which 3,403 homes were lost, 780 in the first hour of the fire, the Bates Bill No.337 was enacted requiring local jurisdictions to identify and establish Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
The Los Angeles Fire Department wants to reassure you we are prepared. It is now up to you to prepare yourself, your family and your home. It's important to remember that if you live in a wildfire area, clean your property as required prior to May 1st so that you pass the 1st fire department Inspection, and remember the "Ready Set Go" program.
We wish you a great and safe Sunday with your family and loved ones
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The recent "Colby Fire" in Los Angeles has many talking about Brush Clearance...
Did you know? 51 years ago this month, The Mountain Fire District was established in January 1963 as a direct result of the November 1961 Bel Air Fire. A total of 484 homes were lost during that conflagration.
In April of 1972, The Fire Buffer Zones were established as a direct result of the wind driven Chatsworth Fire in September of 1971 where 198 homes were destroyed or damaged.
In April of 1981 the Los Angeles Fire Department established the Brush Clearance Unit to coordinate and conduct inspection sweeps of the Mountain Fire District and to contract non-compliant properties to be cleared of hazardous brush.
In February of 1986, as a result of the 1985 Baldwin Hills Fire that destroyed 53 homes and killed three people, section 57.21.07 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code was amended to include Mount Washington, El Sereno and Baldwin Hills in the Brush Clearance Inspection Program.
In 1993, as a result of the Oakland Hills Fire in which 3,403 homes were lost, 780 in the first hour of the fire, the Bates Bill No.337 was enacted requiring local jurisdictions to identify and establish Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
The Los Angeles Fire Department wants to reassure you we are prepared. It is now up to you to prepare yourself, your family and your home. It's important to remember that if you live in a wildfire area, clean your property as required prior to May 1st so that you pass the 1st fire department Inspection, and remember the "Ready Set Go" program.
We wish you a great and safe Sunday with your family and loved ones
--
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/
Read my blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/
My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/derkimster
Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kim-noyes/9/3a1/2b8
Follow me on Twitter @DisasterKim
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