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Fire Marshal Fred Tan described the state maps as broad, model‑driven products that use fuel, topography and historic fire behavior to estimate hazard. ‘‘It’s kind of a flood map for fire,’’ Tan said, adding that the state models do not fully account for local mitigation such as defensible space, home hardening and recent prescribed burns.

Tan said Santa Barbara County contains roughly 830,000 acres of state responsibility area (SRA) and that the county has been conducting prescribed burns and fuel‑reduction projects — including projects he cited by acreage — to reduce local risk. The state released its maps to local agencies on March 10; local jurisdictions were expected to post jurisdiction‑specific versions during their 30‑day review windows, Tan said.

Supervisor Joan Hartman and other speakers cautioned that being labeled a higher hazard on a statewide map can have insurance and community impacts. Hartman said local agencies cannot designate lower hazard than the state’s map but can apply local data and make more restrictive determinations where appropriate; she said the county will publish local guidance and outreach materials to clarify the maps’ implications.

The forum also covered operational preparedness and evacuation planning, and county staff said they planned to release more information about local map updates and about notification tools such as ReadySBC and forthcoming zone‑based alerts (the Genesys/Zonehaven project) that will deliver phased warning and evacuation notices.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Community Meeting: Praparing the Santa Ynez Valley for the Threat Of Wildfire 3/31/2025","oneSentenceSummary","County fire officials and elected leaders addressed the state’s newly released fire hazard severity zone maps, saying the maps use statewide modeling and do not incorporate all local conditions. Local jurisdictions will release adjusted maps and guidance during their 30‑day review windows.","taxTitle","Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California","taxId",60283,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6619739,"County animal services launches voluntary livestock registry and urges preplanned evacuation drills",411,4601000,5012000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828983-cb7af555a5d78a1f3ea17665f9ace666&start=4601&end=5012","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828983-cb7af555a5d78a1f3ea17665f9ace666/thumbnail_4601000.jpg","/articles/6619739/Solvang/Santa-Barbara-County/California/County-animal-services-launches-voluntary-livestock-registry-and-urges-preplanned-evacuation-drills","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6619739-29bc165935f55de7b5fe4e23bf5319d6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770939507&Signature=nIvZMk09ISZD23orVtVZ-i4Py1elM-ufjBZF~LrXgLJNJN9bkp1CJun4jarKRf0fVVWlNNvFUZNkDac8MqNCWLKt4uxgl9DYbHemewlVRd1vSTt23-6syeZ2iM7LgFh9ZFOADRFq76AkBIboOTs3dDVwcOFiy64zvxtCl~D3q3a7niuOOs92gOh0be2Z9QDR3~hT9FDRzA0FKBWGVP212EEeszVtsQUkTl~17njOJRl91eKr1j5MphCRWxvd69O2iMyPoEj9~vJ8yWgYC~KB2pcPr9shZDuOo-41FBhX4KNGsuzo28dw0FWlGX1XfX9tI8gOPhZQPi3g7l7wrtDcEA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Santa Barbara County Animal Services Director Sarah Aguilar announced a voluntary livestock registry and urged owners of horses, cattle and other large animals to prepare evacuation plans during a wildfire preparedness meeting in Solvang.

Aguilar said the county rolled out an online livestock registry that will be available on the animal services website by the next day; the form collects contact information, animal types and counts, gate codes and details about available trailers or other resources. ‘‘The most important thing that you can do is have a plan before disaster strikes,’’ Aguilar said, describing the time pressure and logistical limits responders face during an evacuation.

The county’s animal-services team operates limited transport capacity and relies heavily on mutual aid from neighbors and volunteers during incidents, Aguilar said. She described the county’s experience during a recent fire where responders recorded requests involving horses, cattle, llamas, ostriches and other animals; animal-services staff arranged mutual‑aid offers and requests after the event and found that many community members were willing to help but needed coordination.

Aguilar said the registry will allow animal services to contact owners quickly, match needs and offers, and reduce roadway congestion by facilitating earlier, organized moves. The county will also offer a paper mailer version for residents who cannot access the online form.

The agency provided a two‑page checklist at the meeting with guidance on preparing large animals for evacuation or for sheltering in place, and staff said the Office of Emergency Management and county animal services will coordinate communication during incidents. Attendees were directed to the OEM table in the lobby and to a QR code linking to the new registry form.

County officials asked owners to practice loading animals into trailers ahead of time — including at night if that is likely under emergency conditions — and to coordinate with neighbors on who has trailer capacity and gate codes.","Santa Barbara County Animal Services announced a voluntary livestock registry and urged owners of large animals to prepare evacuation plans, noting that limited trailer capacity and responder resources make preplanning essential.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6619744,"Solvang forum urges Santa Ynez Valley community wildfire protection plan",7051,690000,7741000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828983-cb7af555a5d78a1f3ea17665f9ace666&start=690&end=7741","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828983-cb7af555a5d78a1f3ea17665f9ace666/thumbnail_690000.jpg","/articles/6619744/Solvang/Santa-Barbara-County/California/Solvang-forum-urges-Santa-Ynez-Valley-community-wildfire-protection-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6619744-f9a0c75e7d7df2144f2ffa0f911fc2e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770939507&Signature=OyotqLE-RLaj39emFhE2Ncj35itrYzBS5xeKbwys3pPLtdjLWnt6x-YBYnWIqPtThAJwMWN~oey-6JkoPDnupKQ9RhJ1qpxt1abHraRJha4s7DXis5itZmD20LXmaolx2ZEdSJtJftNGVFJm5EyvXbkdBYx59nEskGQUjLUypAu~JjEdcafbDVOTjnMAOSc2GbHjmF0sPs4GQFjNmi8NzJE0nOSapYoP8e6a8qpMW3h5BqZJccldwn44FhJ216BnSw5Kzxzeno-bpWxIUVGY2yVMr-mV9DybIalVyYIQgtq9duu-00n8gaFP3A16o7Iz0aubtpmIUO5KPkP3B-RZLw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Councilmember Liz Arona and Santa Barbara County Supervisor Joan Hartman on Tuesday convened a wildfire-preparedness forum in Solvang that drew municipal leaders, county fire officials and representatives of the Fire Safe Council to press for neighborhood-level action and a valleywide community wildfire protection plan.

Organizers told roughly two hours of participants that the valley’s patchwork of private property, agricultural land and public open space requires coordinated planning to reduce fuels, harden homes and improve evacuation routes. “Resilience is built on relationships,” Supervisor Joan Hartman said, urging neighborhoods to organize and volunteer for Fireways/Firewise activities.

A community wildfire protection plan is a locally developed blueprint that evaluates fire hazard and risk on a community scale, prioritizes hazardous-fuel treatments, and recommends measures such as structure hardening and improved access, consultant Rob Hazard said. Hazard, who has worked on several county CWPPs, said the plans do not themselves authorize projects or substitute for environmental review; they are intended as frameworks that make communities more competitive for grant funding.

County Fire Marshal Fred Tan described the state’s new fire hazard severity zone maps and how they relate to local CWPPs. He said the maps function “kind of like a flood map for fire,” because the state’s modeling uses vegetation, topography and historic fire behavior to estimate hazard across broad areas. The county, he said, is reviewing the state maps and will provide local context before releasing jurisdiction-specific versions under the state’s 30‑day review period.

Speakers from the Fire Safe Council and its Fireways USA outreach outlined steps for neighborhoods to qualify for Firewise-style recognition: form a local committee, complete a three‑year action plan, hold at least one education event per year, report volunteer hours (one minimum volunteer hour per household is requested), and submit periodic risk assessments every five years. Anne Marie Parkinson, executive director of the Fire Safe Council, said the council now helps with free defensible-space assistance for low‑income residents, free chipping, grazing programs and community buffer plantings designed to use fire‑resistant or hydrated species.

County officials and the Fire Safe Council also described larger vegetation-management efforts, including recent prescribed burns such as the Spalding/Midland project (about 1,600 acres) and planned projects such as the Sedgwick burn (roughly 1,500 acres, funding dependent). Fred Tan said those treatments create multiyear buffers that can reduce the size and spread of fires near communities.

Panelists stressed action at multiple scales: homeowner parcel work (home hardening and defensible space), neighborhood Firewise organization and valleywide CWPP coordination to align projects across jurisdictions and landowners. Rob Hazard noted that a CWPP requires local government approval — for example, signatures from city councils and the county board of supervisors and review by state fire agencies — and that having a CWPP makes applications for state and federal mitigation grants more competitive.

Supervisor Hartman closed by saying she will collect names of residents interested in supporting a valleywide CWPP and urged attendees to form or strengthen Firewise groups in their neighborhoods. Anne Marie Parkinson and the Fire Safe Council offered to assist communities with application and planning work.

For contact and next steps, organizers said Fire Safe Council staff were available after the meeting and sign-up sheets were being collected.","Local officials, the Fire Safe Council and county fire leaders urged neighborhoods to form Firewise/Fireways groups and sign up for a community wildfire protection plan (CWPP) to coordinate fuels work, unlock grant funding and improve evacuation planning.","actionData","errors"]

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