Lessons from recent fires

Posted by: hikermor

Lessons from recent fires - 12/01/18 02:45 PM

A thoughtful article which discusses what worked in saving structures in recent fires:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-th...ires/ar-BBQjSuY

Moat interesting was the low cost of building successfully fire resistant dwellings and the disparity in expenditures for fire fighting versus fire and natural disaster prevention.

Posted by: EMPnotImplyNuclear

Re: Lessons from recent fires - 12/01/18 09:42 PM

Hi,
Have you noticed the TV news mention any house preparations besides form a defensible space?

Article says

Quote:

his rooftop vents had taken in ashes despite protective netting. “We’ve got to fix that and get finer mesh,” Moore said. He also plans to get more fire extinguishers.

Sounds like a bad plan

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