Fire officials say that just a few more weeks of warm, dry, windy weather could signal the start of a truly scary wildfire season.
SAN RAFAEL — The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Bay Area from Saturday morning through 3 p.m. Sunday. The winds did not reach red flag status thanks to the moisture that’s still in the vegetation but fire officials said that just a few more weeks of the warm, dry weather could signal the start of a pretty scary fire season.
“The whole way I look at designing a building’s garden has changed,” he said. “It’s a radical change. I now have fire safety at the top of the list.” Lando took a tour of Shermans’ home which has become a model of fire prevention. Where it meets the house, a wood fence has been replaced with steel sheeting. The garden mulch ends five feet from the side of the structure, replaced by rocks and hoses are clearly marked for firefighters’ use. Ceramic tiles have been laid against the foundation and all horizontal surfaces on the side fence, including knot holes, are covered in foil to resist embers.
That “what if?” has become “how soon?” after five straight years of disastrous fires across the state. Marin has begun a massive fuels-reduction program using hand crews and herds of goats. CalFire is already hiring seasonal firefighters … something they only used to do in the summer months.
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