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Fire marshal briefs council on new Cal Fire local-responsibility zone maps; Chino has ~1,400 acres now mapped
Summary
Chino Fire Marshal Danielle O’Toole presented newly released Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire-hazard-severity maps from Cal Fire identifying about 1,484 acres within Chino as moderate, high or very high hazard; the state timeline requires local agencies to adopt ordinances within 120 days and accept public comment through April.
The Chino City Council received an informational briefing April 1 on newly released fire-hazard-severity zone maps developed by Cal Fire. Danielle O’Toole, fire marshal for the Chino Valley Fire District, said the state model uses fire history, vegetation, terrain, weather and other factors to assign Very High, High and Moderate zones.
O’Toole told the council that the previous LRA map from 2011 had not identified any zones within Chino. The new maps, she said, designate roughly…
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