Recent fires, including the 2017 Tubbs Fire that crossed six lanes of Highway 101 and razed a flatlands subdivision in Santa Rosa, the CZU wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020 that torched…
Vast areas of the Bay Area previously thought safe from wildfire are now at risk as climate change brings dramatic shifts in fire behavior — along with new technologies to help residents protect their homes.
Extreme dryness and frequent high winds ushered in by climate change mean a blaze sparked in the flatlands has a much higher chance of tearing through neighborhoods, said Oakland Fire Department deputy chief Heather Mozdean. Last month, an ember from a Campbell house fire set afire a roof four houses away.
The Canada-made W.A.S.P. sprinkler system is endorsed by many fire officials in heavily forested British Columbia, including Chief Gord Schreiner of Comox Fire Rescue. The quick-to-install, gutter-mounted technology is “a pretty simple concept but it’s very effective,” Schreiner said. But water is widely plentiful in the Comox Valley, from hydrants but also in lakes, ponds and streams, and Schreiner noted that B.C. firefighters’ use of sprinklers depends on water supply.
During the 1991 firestorm in the Oakland hills, improvised sprinkler systems combined with systemic pump failures robbed firefighters of water, Mozdean said. The water system in the Oakland hills has been significantly upgraded since then, she said. “But speaking about residents in other areas, they may learn this lesson the hard way, too,” she said. “You can do something to try to save your house, but you have to be aware that we’re all in this together.
To protect a three-bedroom house and its immediate surroundings would cost $200 to $300, he said. The product comes as a powdered concentrate or a ready-to-spray liquid, and in kits that include a backpack sprayer.
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