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San Jose study session reviews wildfire readiness; city to request adoption of updated fire hazard severity zones
Summary
City presenters reviewed San Jose wildfire risk, mutual‑aid capacity, water resources and community outreach; San Jose Fire Department will request council acceptance of an updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and introduction of an ordinance in early June.
San Jose officials on a city council study session reviewed the city’s wildfire preparedness, with presenters from the San Jose Fire Department, CAL FIRE, Santa Clara County Fire, the Santa Clara County Fire Safe Council and San Jose State University outlining risk, response resources and planning actions. Fire Chief Robert Sapien summarized the session as a statewide problem that requires local planning and coordination.
The presentation highlighted that 31,032 addresses in San Jose fall within areas defined as the wildland‑urban interface and that 46.2 square miles (29,581 acres) fall inside mapped fire hazard severity zones (FHSZ). Chief Sapien noted the breakdown in FHSZ addresses:…
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