Fire Scientists: Wildfires Don’t Have to Destroy Homes

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Rick Halsey, the Director of the California Chaparral Institute, who has authored several academic papers and books on wildfire safety and serves on the governor’s Fire Service Task Force on Climate Impacts, discussed how state-mandated standards to make buildings better able to withstand earthquakes should also be applied to retrofitting homes to withstand wildfires.

Fire Scientists: Wildfires Don’t Have to Destroy Homes

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