The pilot home assessment program will launch in January 2024. The grant will fund county team members coming to one's home to assess fire vulnerabilities.
through the California Fire Safe Council. The grant will be used to launch a new pilot Home Assessment Program for San Diego County residents in partnership with the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County and the 39 community Fire Safe Councils.
Peter Heifetz lives in Scripps Ranch. He remembers the Cedar Fire."It started in the middle of the night. I woke up at 2 o’clock in the morning and could smell smoke. Because we had the Santa Ana blowing, I knew that wasn't good," Peter said. lists the 2003 Cedar Fire as the largest wildland fire in California history at the time. The Cedar Fire started 25 miles east of San Diego.
Peter’s home survived. Several of his neighbors lost everything. Peter says, being fire-ready is key."We had double pane glass. I want to encourage everyone, get double pane glass because our neighbor that did lose their house had single pane glass. We had an area where the outer pane had broken but the inner pane held and that kept the house and the blinds inside melted."
A team member will come to your home, see where there may be fire vulnerabilities and help you get any help you need making your home more fire safe. Marlow shared that they’ve been working to help bridge the gap in fire readiness for San Diego County residents for a while."We identified a gap there which was really the preparedness and education piece. We’re offering a comprehensive review of the defensible space zones, home hardening principles and landscaping suggestions.
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