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City staff say Cal Fire severity-map methodology needs review; council letter coming
Summary
Ukiah staff told the Planning Commission they have drafted a city council letter questioning parts of Cal Fire and Office of State Fire Marshal mapping methodology, particularly how prevailing wind speed was aggregated, and will transmit the letter after council review.
Director Schlatter told the Planning Commission on April 9 that staff and a city-council ad hoc had completed a draft letter to the city council that questions aspects of the newly published California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) and Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) fire hazard severity maps.
"We did a pretty deep dive on all the methodology that CAL FIRE and the Office of the State Fire Marshal put out there," Schlatter said. "We found some, what I would call…
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