You can watch the full presentation here and view the overheads here.
Guest presenters and other staff included Assistant Fire Marshall Daniel Hypes, Deputy Chief Fire Marshall Anthony Tosca, Parks and Rec Deputy Director Erika Ferreira and Project Officer II for the Open Space Division Laura Ball, Code Compliance staff Raquel Elias and Steven Macias and our Community Liaison Police Officer Joshua Cumming.
Key topics included:
- Efforts to identify very high fire hazard areas without a secondary egress route and follow-up actions
- Updated recommendations on home hardening against flying embers
- New defensible space zone recommendations
- Open Space surveys and brush thinning strategies
- Right of Entry permit process
In addition to numerous questions, many stayed afterwards to talk to our presenters about their specific concerns. Follow-up action on nearby encampments took place over the next few days, thanks to Officer Cummings and some great Talmadge neighbors.
Much appreciation goes to all who helped:
- Flyer design/ copying/distributing by Amy Dyson, Ryan Hunter, Zoraida Payne, and Vicki Pinkus.
- Room setup, etc: Amy, Brian and Zion Dyson, Ryan Hunter and JB Finnell, Bill Harrington, Karen Austin and Eric Sands from Alvarado Estate FSC, and many attendees too.
- Some very valuable help from Kensington-Talmadge Library, Pappaleco’s and videographer Charlie Stebbins.
- Co- sponsor support from:
- Alvarado Estates Fire Safe Council
- Kensingtion-Talmadge Community Association
Kensington Fire Safe appreciates all this support and the neighbors who attended so they could learn how to make us all safer from wildfire.