What existing Fire Department resources are provided to homeowners in these areas to enhance brush response readiness?
• Home and property owners living in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and hillside grass areas (Santa Monica Mountains, Mount Washington, El Sereno, Elysian Park, Baldwin Hills, parts of San Pedro, and the San Gabriel and Santa Susana Mountains) continue to benefit from Fire Department services that are designed to provide an enhanced level of response to areas at risk on high hazard days. These enhancements include: • Predeployment of additional fire companies, brush patrol apparatus, Command Officers, and community fire patrols in hillside areas. • Predeployment of helicopters with water dropping capability. • Local fire company patrol of critical areas for brush Fires. • Pretreatment of hillside homes with Class A and barricade foams to protect them from wildfires. • Development of preattack plans for areas where fires have historically occurred.
