wildfdire protection

EDITORIAL: GOVERNOR SHOULD SIGN BILL MAKING SURE NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS SUFFICIENT FIRE PROTECTION

By Assemblymember Dave Jones, Candidate, California  Insurance Commissioner

 

More than 2,300 San Diego County structures were destroyed in the Witch, Harris and Poomacha fires. The California Department of Fire and Forestry, (“CalFire”) spent over half a billion dollars on suppression alone that year.

 

Increasingly, CalFire has been called upon to fight fires that threaten new residential development built in high risk fire areas. And increasingly, new residential subdivisions are being built in high risk fire areas throughout California.


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