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Woodside Fire District briefed council on new Cal Fire hazard maps and home-hardening work
Summary
The Woodside Fire Protection District presented newly released Local Responsibility Area hazard maps from Cal Fire, explained differences between hazard and risk, and updated the council on the district's home-inspection and early-detection programs.
Woodside Fire Marshal Kim Giulacci told the Town Council on April 8 that Cal Fire released updated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) hazard maps in late February and that the district has posted a resource page and links to upcoming public briefings.
The presentation detailed what the new maps do and do not show and why residents were seeing jagged parcel boundaries on the state maps. Giulacci said the maps reflect hazard (vegetation, topography and climate) rather than structure density or evacuation routes and therefore do not substitute for local prevention rules.
"They're hazard maps, not risk maps," Giulacci said, adding that the district's…
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