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I believe, at least in California, households that have taken some effort to make their property more resilient to fire are given higher priority. I heard an i

• sliverstorm 9y ago
  Similarly, I hear houses that have been allowed to become completely indefensible (e.g., boughs on the roof, no fire clearing) are simply abandoned.
  • twothamendment 9y ago
    That depends on where you live. I can't have tress within 30 feed of my house, had to have a fire rated roof, etc. I wasn't going to complain about rules like that, especially with ash and embers raining down last night! I've seen some very nice houses with tress so close you can reach out the window and touch the trunk. I guess they have another home to go to when that one burns.
    • sliverstorm 9y ago
      No, I think they just expect firefighters will lay down their lives defending their property, and installing a fire rated roof because you live in a fire zone is "burdensome". (by abandoned, I meant the firefighters abandon the doomed houses that do not have defensible space)
• coryrc 9y ago
  It still prevents regular fires from being set in that area.