Lassen – Modoc Unit - Board of Forestry and Fire Protection - State ...

FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008
Lassen-Modoc Unit
Item Risk Condition: Mitigation Measures:
C.3.b. Gates - Emergency responders have
come across either narrow gates, or
gates that don‘t open during power
outages.
C.3.c. Vegetative clearances - Emergency
responders have come across existing
private roads and driveways too
overgrown for their apparatus.
Fire Safe Standards (PRC 4290)
currently require that vegetation be
cleared for 10 feet in width and 15 feet
in height along driveways.
C.3.d. Excessive slopes - Emergency
responders have come across
driveways too steep for their
apparatus.
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1) Consider modification of county
and city codes to require gates open
without power - Require that roads and
driveways with gates meet Fire Safe
Standards (PRC 4290) for width, and
allow emergency vehicle access even
during power outages.
2) Educate resident on importance of
emergency access through gates -
Educational efforts should be made to
insure all gates conform to Fire Safe
Standards (PRC 4290) and open during
power outages.
3) Explore incentives for fire safe
gates - Explore incentives for
homeowners to make their gates
conform to Fire Safe Standards (PRC
4290).
1) Enforce vegetative clearance
standard - Enforce driveway
vegetative clearance requirements for
Fire Safe Standards (PRC 4290).
2) Explore incentives for fire safe
driveways, vegetation - Explore
incentives for homeowners to make
their driveways conform to Fire Safe
Standards (PRC 4290) for vegetation
clearances.
3) Consider modification of county
and local codes to require non-
compliant driveways conform to
current standards when receiving
any new building permit - Require
residential driveways and roads that are
out of compliance with vegetation
clearances be corrected to current Fire
Safe Standards (PRC 4290) as a
condition of any new building permit,
and before being able to proceed with
construction.
1) Insure compliance of Fire Safe
Standards for driveways during the
building development & inspection -
Have building inspectors sign off
compliance with Fire Safe Standards
(PRC 4290) during construction of new