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County fire official briefs council on new state LRA hazard severity maps and local implications
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Santa Clara County Assistant Chief Hector Estrada told the Cupertino City Council on April 15 that newly released state Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire hazard severity maps expand the footprint of mapped hazard and carry implications for building standards, defensible-space inspections and property disclosures.
Santa Clara County Assistant Chief Hector Hector Estrada told the Cupertino City Council on April 15 that newly released state maps identifying fire hazard in Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) expand the area shown as moderate, high and very high fire hazard and carry implications for building standards, insurance and property disclosures.
"The LRA, for those who don't know, is the local responsibility areas," Estrada said, explaining the difference between local and State Responsibility Areas and why CAL FIRE and the State Fire Marshal model and map those zones. "The adoption deadlineputs us at 06/24/2025," he added, referring to the 120-day local-adoption window that follows the maps'February release.
Estrada said the updated mapping uses new vegetation data, updated modeling and…
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