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Firewise Calaveras Festival spotlights home hardening as CAL FIRE outlines "Zone 0" guidance
Summary
At the first annual Firewise Calaveras Festival, CAL FIRE and local leaders urged homeowners to adopt defensible-space and home-hardening measures, explained legal requirements under Public Resources Code 4291 and promoted local resources including CAL FIRE materials and Everbridge alerts.
Trina Wally, executive director of the Calaveras County Resource Conservation District, opened the first annual Firewise Calaveras Festival and thanked the volunteer committee that put the event together in six weeks.
Emily Kilgore, public information officer and fire prevention specialist with the CAL FIRE Tuolumne–Calaveras unit, gave the festival's technical presentation on defensible space and home hardening. Kilgore said the state requirement under Public Resources Code 4291 creates an individual fuel-reduction obligation around structures and that, "It's actually 100 feet is what's required by law or to your property line," noting inspectors may enforce compliance after education and repeated noncompliance.
Kilgore described a new, narrower "Zone 0"…
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