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Council adopts updated fire hazard severity zones; staff to pursue fuel-mitigation grants and community programs
Summary
Following staff presentations and public engagement, the council unanimously adopted an ordinance to adopt Cal Fire's updated hazard severity maps and directed staff to pursue grants and community mitigation including a workforce development fuel crew and Firewise initiatives.
The Vista City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance on June 10 to incorporate Cal Fire's updated fire hazard severity maps into local policy and to enable targeted fuel-mitigation and preparedness activities in mapped high- and very-high-hazard areas.
Fire Chief Gerard Washington and Deputy Administration Brett Davidson presented the update, explaining that Cal Fire revised the maps (the most recent update released March 24, 2024) to expand areas designated medium, high and very high hazard and to incorporate ember-plume modeling. Chief Washington said the new mapping expanded coverage in…
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