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But when she showed up to work at Dollar General, she found that tiles had fallen from the ceiling, shelves were toppled and the contents of the discount store were scattered on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HumCoSO/status/1605159463928795142\">No tsunami was expected\u003c/a>, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office tweeted shortly after the quake hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11936029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg\" alt=\"A damaged home, cordoned off with yellow caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the 15 homes in Rio Dell that were 'red tagged' due to serious damage from the earthquake. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents in the area known for its redwood forests, scenic mountains and the three-county Emerald Triangle's \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/6bba8634429d4bbabf23ccd86e151db6\">legendary marijuana crop\u003c/a> are accustomed to earthquakes. But many said this was more violent and unnerving than the usual rolling motion they experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could see the floor and walls shaking,” said Araceli Huerta. “It sounded like a freight train was going through my house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damage to buildings and infrastructure was still being assessed Tuesday afternoon. Two Humboldt County hospitals lost power and were running on generators, but the scale of the damage appeared to be minimal compared to the strength of the quake, according to Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approximately 12 people were reported as suffering injuries, including a broken hip and a head wound, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said at a news conference Tuesday morning, which was interrupted by a jarring aftershock. Also, two people died — an 83-year-old and a 72-year-old — because they couldn't get timely care for \"medical emergencies” during or just after the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damage was mostly focused on the small communities of Rio Dell, Ferndale and Fortuna, Cal OES Director Mark Ghilarducci said during a news conference in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"earthquakes\"]Rio Dell, a hamlet of about 3,000 people, was hardest hit by the quake, where at least 15 homes were severely damaged and deemed uninhabitable and 18 others were moderately damaged, officials said after a partial assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s water system was shut down to repair leaks and will be offline for as long as two days, with portable toilets set up at City Hall and water being handed out at the fire house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bridge over the Eel River built in 1911, which is the main route into Ferndale, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaltransDist1/status/1605194902320488449\">was damaged and closed to traffic\u003c/a>, requiring a longer detour through the mountains to reach the quaint Victorian town, where all of Main Street is on the National Register of Historic Places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Titus, former owner of the Ferndale Enterprise newspaper, said the quake only broke a few windows on storefronts. At her 140-year-old home, though, plants were knocked over, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/caroline95536/status/1605157659589476355\">her coffee bar crashed to the floor\u003c/a>, pictures fell off the wall and books tumbled from shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s all just pain-in-the-butt type of damage,” Titus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake occurred in an area known as the Mendocino Triple Junction, where three tectonic plates meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in this moment of geologic time where the most exciting, dynamic area of California happens to be Humboldt County and the adjacent offshore area,” said Lori Dengler, professor emeritus of geology at Cal Poly Humboldt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CaltransDist1/status/1605268962454908928\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since a magnitude 7.2 quake jolted the area in 1992, injuring hundreds, sparking fires and destroying many homes, building codes have required retrofits to make structures much more resilient to the shaking, Titus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said, each strong quake evokes the same fear: “Is this the one. Is this the nine-pointer?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then you’re thinking, ‘I’ll just ride it out,’” she said. “Then the adrenaline catches up with you and there are a lot of swear words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The power outage involved the main transmission line that runs into the region, and Pacific Gas and Electric’s restoration work was slowed because rain prevented use of a helicopter to assess damage, said state Sen. Mike McGuire, a Democrat who represents the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said it expected electricity to be restored within 24 hours, but 57,000 customers remained without power by mid-afternoon Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearby city of Eureka, with a population 26,000, said on its website that “no significant damage” was immediately reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eureka resident Dan Dixon said he and his wife were sleeping when the quake jolted them awake and shook everything, throwing pictures in their home to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936028\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11936028 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437.jpeg\" alt=\"Inventory is scattered across the floor of a dark store.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1209\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-800x504.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-1020x642.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-160x101.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-1536x967.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inventory lies scattered across the floor of a Dollar General store in Rio Dell, following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake early Tuesday morning. Much of the area lost power. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was probably the most violent earthquake we have felt in the 15 years I have lived here,” he said. “It physically moved our bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larkin O’Leary, 41, of Santa Rosa, traveled to spend her anniversary with her husband in Ferndale, where they had been shaken by an earthquake last year. They decided to try again and booked the romance package at a historic inn, the same spot as a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O’Leary said she woke at 2:30 a.m. with an eerie feeling and tried to go back to sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I laid back down again and it was almost as if someone jumped on the bed,” she said. “It was so terrifying. ... It shook in a way I had never experienced. It was up, down, all around.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple quickly got out of Ferndale and returned to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never again,” O’Leary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quake triggered a massive response by the West Coast's warning system that detects the start of a quake and alerts people by cellphone in the affected region to take safety precautions in the seconds before strong shaking reaches them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system pushed out alerts to some 3 million people in Northern California early Tuesday, state officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake came just days after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-earthquakes-bdfc123404137ee9fbecd61954b65d0c\">a small magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck\u003c/a> the San Francisco Bay Area, waking up thousands of people before 4 a.m. Saturday and causing minor damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The earthquake jolted the Humboldt County community of Ferndale, leaving scores of residents and businesses without power, but ultimately inflicting less damage than what might be expected from a temblor of that size.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1671588068,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1192},"headData":{"title":"Nearly 60,000 Homes Without Power After Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Rocks Humboldt County | KQED","description":"The earthquake jolted the Humboldt County community of Ferndale, leaving scores of residents and businesses without power, but ultimately inflicting less damage than what might be expected from a temblor of that size.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Nearly 60,000 Homes Without Power After Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Rocks Humboldt County","datePublished":"2022-12-20T16:41:45.000Z","dateModified":"2022-12-21T02:01:08.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"Adam Beam and John Antczak\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11935961/magnitude-6-4-earthquake-shakes-humboldt-county-many-without-power","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A powerful earthquake rocked the Northern California coast early Tuesday, jolting Humboldt County residents awake as it shattered glass, shook homes off foundations, damaged roads and left nearly 60,000 homes and businesses in the rural area without power and many without water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least a dozen people were injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73821036/executive\">magnitude 6.4 earthquake\u003c/a> occurred at 2:34 a.m. near Ferndale, a small community about 210 miles northwest of San Francisco and close to the Pacific coast. The epicenter was just offshore at a depth of about 10 miles. Numerous aftershocks followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like my roof was coming down,” said Cassondra Stoner. \"When I woke up, the only thing I could think about was, ‘Get the freaking kids.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the ground stopped moving, Stoner's family was fine — a daughter even slept through the racket. But when she showed up to work at Dollar General, she found that tiles had fallen from the ceiling, shelves were toppled and the contents of the discount store were scattered on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HumCoSO/status/1605159463928795142\">No tsunami was expected\u003c/a>, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office tweeted shortly after the quake hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11936029\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg\" alt=\"A damaged home, cordoned off with yellow caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/redtagged-house-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the 15 homes in Rio Dell that were 'red tagged' due to serious damage from the earthquake. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents in the area known for its redwood forests, scenic mountains and the three-county Emerald Triangle's \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/6bba8634429d4bbabf23ccd86e151db6\">legendary marijuana crop\u003c/a> are accustomed to earthquakes. But many said this was more violent and unnerving than the usual rolling motion they experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could see the floor and walls shaking,” said Araceli Huerta. “It sounded like a freight train was going through my house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damage to buildings and infrastructure was still being assessed Tuesday afternoon. Two Humboldt County hospitals lost power and were running on generators, but the scale of the damage appeared to be minimal compared to the strength of the quake, according to Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approximately 12 people were reported as suffering injuries, including a broken hip and a head wound, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said at a news conference Tuesday morning, which was interrupted by a jarring aftershock. Also, two people died — an 83-year-old and a 72-year-old — because they couldn't get timely care for \"medical emergencies” during or just after the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damage was mostly focused on the small communities of Rio Dell, Ferndale and Fortuna, Cal OES Director Mark Ghilarducci said during a news conference in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"earthquakes"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rio Dell, a hamlet of about 3,000 people, was hardest hit by the quake, where at least 15 homes were severely damaged and deemed uninhabitable and 18 others were moderately damaged, officials said after a partial assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s water system was shut down to repair leaks and will be offline for as long as two days, with portable toilets set up at City Hall and water being handed out at the fire house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bridge over the Eel River built in 1911, which is the main route into Ferndale, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaltransDist1/status/1605194902320488449\">was damaged and closed to traffic\u003c/a>, requiring a longer detour through the mountains to reach the quaint Victorian town, where all of Main Street is on the National Register of Historic Places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Titus, former owner of the Ferndale Enterprise newspaper, said the quake only broke a few windows on storefronts. At her 140-year-old home, though, plants were knocked over, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/caroline95536/status/1605157659589476355\">her coffee bar crashed to the floor\u003c/a>, pictures fell off the wall and books tumbled from shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s all just pain-in-the-butt type of damage,” Titus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake occurred in an area known as the Mendocino Triple Junction, where three tectonic plates meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in this moment of geologic time where the most exciting, dynamic area of California happens to be Humboldt County and the adjacent offshore area,” said Lori Dengler, professor emeritus of geology at Cal Poly Humboldt.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1605268962454908928"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Since a magnitude 7.2 quake jolted the area in 1992, injuring hundreds, sparking fires and destroying many homes, building codes have required retrofits to make structures much more resilient to the shaking, Titus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said, each strong quake evokes the same fear: “Is this the one. Is this the nine-pointer?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then you’re thinking, ‘I’ll just ride it out,’” she said. “Then the adrenaline catches up with you and there are a lot of swear words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The power outage involved the main transmission line that runs into the region, and Pacific Gas and Electric’s restoration work was slowed because rain prevented use of a helicopter to assess damage, said state Sen. Mike McGuire, a Democrat who represents the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said it expected electricity to be restored within 24 hours, but 57,000 customers remained without power by mid-afternoon Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearby city of Eureka, with a population 26,000, said on its website that “no significant damage” was immediately reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eureka resident Dan Dixon said he and his wife were sleeping when the quake jolted them awake and shook everything, throwing pictures in their home to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936028\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11936028 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437.jpeg\" alt=\"Inventory is scattered across the floor of a dark store.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1209\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-800x504.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-1020x642.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-160x101.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/Dollar-Store-e1671585827437-1536x967.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inventory lies scattered across the floor of a Dollar General store in Rio Dell, following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake early Tuesday morning. Much of the area lost power. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was probably the most violent earthquake we have felt in the 15 years I have lived here,” he said. “It physically moved our bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larkin O’Leary, 41, of Santa Rosa, traveled to spend her anniversary with her husband in Ferndale, where they had been shaken by an earthquake last year. They decided to try again and booked the romance package at a historic inn, the same spot as a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O’Leary said she woke at 2:30 a.m. with an eerie feeling and tried to go back to sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I laid back down again and it was almost as if someone jumped on the bed,” she said. “It was so terrifying. ... It shook in a way I had never experienced. It was up, down, all around.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple quickly got out of Ferndale and returned to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never again,” O’Leary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quake triggered a massive response by the West Coast's warning system that detects the start of a quake and alerts people by cellphone in the affected region to take safety precautions in the seconds before strong shaking reaches them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system pushed out alerts to some 3 million people in Northern California early Tuesday, state officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake came just days after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-earthquakes-bdfc123404137ee9fbecd61954b65d0c\">a small magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck\u003c/a> the San Francisco Bay Area, waking up thousands of people before 4 a.m. Saturday and causing minor damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11935961/magnitude-6-4-earthquake-shakes-humboldt-county-many-without-power","authors":["byline_news_11935961"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_25411","news_1012","news_5923"],"featImg":"news_11935962","label":"news"},"news_11840047":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11840047","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11840047","score":null,"sort":[1601416979000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"during-a-disaster-your-phone-might-stop-working-how-can-you-communicate","title":"During a Wildfire, Your Phone Might Stop Working. How Can You Communicate?","publishDate":1601416979,"format":"standard","headTitle":"During a Wildfire, Your Phone Might Stop Working. How Can You Communicate? | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated May 19, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a disaster situation like a wildfire or an earthquake, communication between you and those you care about is key. But what if the one device you rely on to communicate — your phone — isn’t working?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cellphone service can be reduced or vanish altogether during emergencies, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/11/california-wildfires-reps-blast-cell-companies-unconscionable-move-to-block-backup-power-rules/\">cell towers go down\u003c/a> amid power shutoffs, or when overhead fiber lines on utility poles are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11622310/fire-victims-frustrated-by-lack-of-wireless-connectivity\">damaged by fire itself\u003c/a>. Service interruptions like these stop people from being able to get in touch with family and friends to confirm their safety, and prevent them from receiving the very emergency alerts they’re relying on for evacuation updates. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan#2\">If you’re not signed up for emergency alerts, do it right now here.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re caught in a disaster situation like a wildfire and your cellphone loses coverage, what can you do? There are a few steps you can take to maintain contact with others, and to keep loved ones updated on your safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be prepared to lose calls or texts (or both)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best form of preparation for an emergency situation is being able to adapt, says Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. You might be able to make a call, but not be able to send or receive texts, or the other way around. Or you might have to completely rely on finding Wi-Fi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because of \u003cem>how\u003c/em> cellphone coverage fails during a disaster like a wildfire. When lines are themselves damaged by fire, calls won’t work, but texts — which place less demand on cell towers — might.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#save\">Save our tip graphic to your phone’s camera roll\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But if there’s an outage because of a public safety power shutoff, smaller cell towers might not get power from the system’s battery backup, meaning cellphone data clogs up and texts can’t get through. This, Gore says, is what happened to a huge number of Sonoma County residents during the 2017 wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you find yourself in this kind of situation, Gore advises that you just “keep trying.” Confusingly, your phone’s screen might \u003cem>look\u003c/em> like you have good coverage, but cellphone data being overwhelmed will still prevent you from using your phone like usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11835196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A road closure sign in Felton during the CZU Lightning Complex fire on Aug. 20, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Know how to find Wi-Fi in an emergency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Places like large stores (think Walmart) or coffee shops, like Starbucks, might provide Wi-Fi, and you often will be able to pick up the signal outside in the parking lot. Your internet provider might also offer free Wi-Fi hotspots in your region in a disaster situation, something Gore says is becoming more common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, you can almost certainly find Wi-Fi at one of your county’s temporary evacuation points. Currently, to combat the spread of the coronavirus, counties are focused on providing smaller temporary evacuation points and on offering hotel vouchers to evacuees instead of the usual large shelters with cots you might expect, to maintain social distancing and avoid the risk of virus transmission indoors in big groups. These temporary evacuation points offer Wi-Fi, but are also “a place to park your car, to take a deep breath and communicate with people, because your mind will be spinning a thousand times a minute,” Gore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Change your cellphone settings to allow voice calls over Wi-Fi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When your cellular data isn’t available, you can set your phone to make and receive calls using Wi-Fi, when you have access to it. This is a setting you’ll almost certainly have to enable on your phone — it’s not a default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to allow voice calls over Wi-Fi:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On iPhone: Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On Android: Each model may be different, but you’ll still find this somewhere under Settings. On Samsung phones look under Connections, and on Google phones look under Calls.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Note: You might have to actually call your cellphone provider, like Verizon or AT&T, to ask them to activate Wi-Fi calling on your behalf. This is why it’s best to make sure that your phone has this capability in advance, as calling your provider is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> something you’re going to want to have to do during an actual disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Use your voicemail greeting to update friends and family\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Change your voicemail welcome recording when you get cell or Wi-Fi service, and use it to let anyone who calls know your safety status. This means that even when their calls can’t get through to you, your friends and family can hear the information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to change your voicemail message:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On iPhone: Phone > Voicemail > Greeting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On Android: Each model may vary, but look for Phone Settings to find the way to change your voicemail message.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11840215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11840215\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How can you communicate during a disaster if your phone stops working? \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>You can use social media to make calls …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your cellphone service fails, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs and WhatsApp will allow you to make calls over WiFi, if you’ve enabled that in your settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look for the little phone icon on your apps — but be aware that video calls might require a stronger connection than you’re able to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>… and to let people know you’re OK\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Send a tweet, post an update to Facebook or Instagram (your feed or Story), or use the “status” feature on WhatsApp or Slack to let people know how you’re doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have time and space in the update, include details like your current location and when friends and family can expect to hear from you again, which could allow you to go without cell service or Wi-Fi for a little while, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make sure disaster plans include your extended networks — especially for seniors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Make sure your that your disaster plans include your extended networks beyond just your immediate family, recommends Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. That includes \u003cem>not\u003c/em> assuming that the people in your life are as informed (or tech-savvy) as you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check in with senior relatives in particular, and make sure that they know they might not be able to rely on their internet or phones during a disaster — and help them as much as you can to have a backup plan for communication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gore also recommends encouraging people in your life to watch and listen to \u003cem>local\u003c/em> news to get information and updates about issues like wildfires, shutoffs and possible evacuation orders that, say, cable news might not be giving them. Some folks can also assume that the emergency broadcast system will cut into whatever they’re watching with any key updates, which Gore says isn’t necessarily the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if you don’t \u003cem>have\u003c/em> a smartphone in the first place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a smartphone, wireless emergency alerts (such as evacuation orders or Amber Alerts) will still automatically sound on your cellphone — but they rely on your phone having cell service to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These alerts also go to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radios, which operate on emergency cranks or battery power. NOAA weather radios broadcast official warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information consistently. \u003ca href=\"https://www.weatherusa.net/radio\">Find out how to tune into a local weather radio here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://local.nixle.com/register/\">sign up to get Nixle alerts\u003c/a>, which can come via texts, voice messages and emails — maximizing your chances of being able to receive at least one of these methods. If you have a friend, family member or neighbor who does have a smartphone, set up a system so they can send you important information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Consider having an out-of-state text contact\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Capt. Erica Arteseros of San Francisco’s Fire Department, who served as program coordinator for the city’s Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, advises you to explicitly identify a person who lives outside California to be your “check-in contact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s a friend or a family member, Arteseros says you should send a text message to that out-of-state person with the time and your location, even if you don’t have wireless service — because that text message \u003cem>will\u003c/em> eventually get to that person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone calls will fail when cell towers are down for either you or your contact, Arteseros explains. Text messages, however, operate on a relay system between emergency beacons on cell towers. This means a text is more likely to reach someone than a phone call or a voice message.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make sure you don’t run out of power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When prepping your \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">emergency “go bag” kit (instructions here)\u003c/a>, make sure you include a cellphone charger (if possible, more than one) and a portable rechargeable cellphone battery, if you have one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your phone may end up being a crucial lifeline between you and loved ones, and you want to make sure you can keep using it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"save\">\u003c/a>Finally: Save these reminders to your phone’s camera roll …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>… so you can view these tips (in English and Spanish) without cellphone coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11840242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11840243\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"During a wildfire, your cellphone could lose coverage. So how can you communicate with family and friends?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1684536037,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":1582},"headData":{"title":"During a Wildfire, Your Phone Might Stop Working. How Can You Communicate? | KQED","description":"During a wildfire, your cellphone could lose coverage. So how can you communicate with family and friends?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"During a Wildfire, Your Phone Might Stop Working. How Can You Communicate?","datePublished":"2020-09-29T22:02:59.000Z","dateModified":"2023-05-19T22:40:37.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11840047/during-a-disaster-your-phone-might-stop-working-how-can-you-communicate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated May 19, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a disaster situation like a wildfire or an earthquake, communication between you and those you care about is key. But what if the one device you rely on to communicate — your phone — isn’t working?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cellphone service can be reduced or vanish altogether during emergencies, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/11/california-wildfires-reps-blast-cell-companies-unconscionable-move-to-block-backup-power-rules/\">cell towers go down\u003c/a> amid power shutoffs, or when overhead fiber lines on utility poles are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11622310/fire-victims-frustrated-by-lack-of-wireless-connectivity\">damaged by fire itself\u003c/a>. Service interruptions like these stop people from being able to get in touch with family and friends to confirm their safety, and prevent them from receiving the very emergency alerts they’re relying on for evacuation updates. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan#2\">If you’re not signed up for emergency alerts, do it right now here.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re caught in a disaster situation like a wildfire and your cellphone loses coverage, what can you do? There are a few steps you can take to maintain contact with others, and to keep loved ones updated on your safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be prepared to lose calls or texts (or both)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best form of preparation for an emergency situation is being able to adapt, says Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. You might be able to make a call, but not be able to send or receive texts, or the other way around. Or you might have to completely rely on finding Wi-Fi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because of \u003cem>how\u003c/em> cellphone coverage fails during a disaster like a wildfire. When lines are themselves damaged by fire, calls won’t work, but texts — which place less demand on cell towers — might.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#save\">Save our tip graphic to your phone’s camera roll\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But if there’s an outage because of a public safety power shutoff, smaller cell towers might not get power from the system’s battery backup, meaning cellphone data clogs up and texts can’t get through. This, Gore says, is what happened to a huge number of Sonoma County residents during the 2017 wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you find yourself in this kind of situation, Gore advises that you just “keep trying.” Confusingly, your phone’s screen might \u003cem>look\u003c/em> like you have good coverage, but cellphone data being overwhelmed will still prevent you from using your phone like usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11835196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44522_002_KQED_SantaCruzCo_CZULightningComplex_08202020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A road closure sign in Felton during the CZU Lightning Complex fire on Aug. 20, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Know how to find Wi-Fi in an emergency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Places like large stores (think Walmart) or coffee shops, like Starbucks, might provide Wi-Fi, and you often will be able to pick up the signal outside in the parking lot. Your internet provider might also offer free Wi-Fi hotspots in your region in a disaster situation, something Gore says is becoming more common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, you can almost certainly find Wi-Fi at one of your county’s temporary evacuation points. Currently, to combat the spread of the coronavirus, counties are focused on providing smaller temporary evacuation points and on offering hotel vouchers to evacuees instead of the usual large shelters with cots you might expect, to maintain social distancing and avoid the risk of virus transmission indoors in big groups. These temporary evacuation points offer Wi-Fi, but are also “a place to park your car, to take a deep breath and communicate with people, because your mind will be spinning a thousand times a minute,” Gore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Change your cellphone settings to allow voice calls over Wi-Fi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When your cellular data isn’t available, you can set your phone to make and receive calls using Wi-Fi, when you have access to it. This is a setting you’ll almost certainly have to enable on your phone — it’s not a default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to allow voice calls over Wi-Fi:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On iPhone: Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On Android: Each model may be different, but you’ll still find this somewhere under Settings. On Samsung phones look under Connections, and on Google phones look under Calls.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Note: You might have to actually call your cellphone provider, like Verizon or AT&T, to ask them to activate Wi-Fi calling on your behalf. This is why it’s best to make sure that your phone has this capability in advance, as calling your provider is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> something you’re going to want to have to do during an actual disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Use your voicemail greeting to update friends and family\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Change your voicemail welcome recording when you get cell or Wi-Fi service, and use it to let anyone who calls know your safety status. This means that even when their calls can’t get through to you, your friends and family can hear the information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to change your voicemail message:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On iPhone: Phone > Voicemail > Greeting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On Android: Each model may vary, but look for Phone Settings to find the way to change your voicemail message.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11840215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11840215\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755749-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How can you communicate during a disaster if your phone stops working? \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>You can use social media to make calls …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your cellphone service fails, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs and WhatsApp will allow you to make calls over WiFi, if you’ve enabled that in your settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look for the little phone icon on your apps — but be aware that video calls might require a stronger connection than you’re able to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>… and to let people know you’re OK\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Send a tweet, post an update to Facebook or Instagram (your feed or Story), or use the “status” feature on WhatsApp or Slack to let people know how you’re doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have time and space in the update, include details like your current location and when friends and family can expect to hear from you again, which could allow you to go without cell service or Wi-Fi for a little while, if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make sure disaster plans include your extended networks — especially for seniors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Make sure your that your disaster plans include your extended networks beyond just your immediate family, recommends Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. That includes \u003cem>not\u003c/em> assuming that the people in your life are as informed (or tech-savvy) as you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check in with senior relatives in particular, and make sure that they know they might not be able to rely on their internet or phones during a disaster — and help them as much as you can to have a backup plan for communication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gore also recommends encouraging people in your life to watch and listen to \u003cem>local\u003c/em> news to get information and updates about issues like wildfires, shutoffs and possible evacuation orders that, say, cable news might not be giving them. Some folks can also assume that the emergency broadcast system will cut into whatever they’re watching with any key updates, which Gore says isn’t necessarily the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if you don’t \u003cem>have\u003c/em> a smartphone in the first place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a smartphone, wireless emergency alerts (such as evacuation orders or Amber Alerts) will still automatically sound on your cellphone — but they rely on your phone having cell service to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These alerts also go to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radios, which operate on emergency cranks or battery power. NOAA weather radios broadcast official warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information consistently. \u003ca href=\"https://www.weatherusa.net/radio\">Find out how to tune into a local weather radio here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://local.nixle.com/register/\">sign up to get Nixle alerts\u003c/a>, which can come via texts, voice messages and emails — maximizing your chances of being able to receive at least one of these methods. If you have a friend, family member or neighbor who does have a smartphone, set up a system so they can send you important information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Consider having an out-of-state text contact\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Capt. Erica Arteseros of San Francisco’s Fire Department, who served as program coordinator for the city’s Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, advises you to explicitly identify a person who lives outside California to be your “check-in contact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s a friend or a family member, Arteseros says you should send a text message to that out-of-state person with the time and your location, even if you don’t have wireless service — because that text message \u003cem>will\u003c/em> eventually get to that person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone calls will fail when cell towers are down for either you or your contact, Arteseros explains. Text messages, however, operate on a relay system between emergency beacons on cell towers. This means a text is more likely to reach someone than a phone call or a voice message.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Make sure you don’t run out of power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When prepping your \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">emergency “go bag” kit (instructions here)\u003c/a>, make sure you include a cellphone charger (if possible, more than one) and a portable rechargeable cellphone battery, if you have one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your phone may end up being a crucial lifeline between you and loved ones, and you want to make sure you can keep using it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"save\">\u003c/a>Finally: Save these reminders to your phone’s camera roll …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>… so you can view these tips (in English and Spanish) without cellphone coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11840242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11840243\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/how-to-communicate-espanol2-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11840047/during-a-disaster-your-phone-might-stop-working-how-can-you-communicate","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_248"],"tags":["news_28603","news_28609","news_25411","news_24504","news_27017","news_28600","news_2520","news_27808","news_2081","news_28604","news_21766","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11840135","label":"news"},"news_11786957":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11786957","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11786957","score":null,"sort":[1573916424000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"7-affordable-ways-to-protect-your-home-from-wildfires","title":"7 Affordable Ways to Protect Your Home From Wildfires","publishDate":1573916424,"format":"standard","headTitle":"CALmatters | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Californians have all but adapted to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-worsening-wildfires-explained/\">new normal\u003c/a>: In the last four years, the state has experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/5511/top20_destruction.pdf\">10 of the most destructive wildfires\u003c/a> in its history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-braces-for-new-wildfires-20190614-story.html\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in Butte County that destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and killed 85 people was the deadliest on record. And though the 2019 fire season has not been as active, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> in Sonoma County triggered the evacuation of some 200,000 residents, while the Getty Fire last month forced Angelenos from Mount St. Mary’s University to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2019-10-29/lebron-james-seeks-normalcy-with-family-safe-from-getty-fire\">LeBron James\u003c/a>’ neighborhood in Brentwood to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State fire officials are adapting by changing firefighting tactics, improving emergency response plans and adding \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/10/california-wildfire-response-plan-new-technology/\">high-tech cameras, radar and infrared equipment\u003c/a> to their arsenal of firefighting tools. But for all that the government is doing, the public needs to pitch in, because \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/04/23/newsom-warns-of-wildfire-risk-to-urban-communities-across-state/\">one in three\u003c/a> homes is located in the urban-wildland interface, where the danger of wildfires is elevated. With an estimated 11 million residents living in high fire-threat areas, it’s no wonder Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are demanding property owners take responsibility for fireproofing their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"disaster-preparedness\"]This year, the Legislature passed several bills aimed at encouraging home hardening. Among them: \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB38\">Assembly Bill 38\u003c/a>, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Jim Woods of Santa Rosa, requiring property sellers in high fire-threat zones to disclose fire safety improvements. And \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190\">SB 190\u003c/a> directs the state fire marshal to develop a defensible space program. That bill, from Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, gives local governments the authority to impose an abatement lien if they fail to create and maintain defensible space around their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how can homeowners help themselves?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, find out whether your home is located in a high-fire threat area. The California Public Utilities Commission recently developed a \u003ca href=\"https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/firemap/\">searchable fire map\u003c/a> to help residents determine their fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are in the high-risk zone, Cal Fire has \u003ca href=\"https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/hardening-your-home/\">recommendations\u003c/a> for hardening a home for wildfire season. Some suggestions are costly, such as replacing wood or shingle roofs and single-pane windows, or using ignition-resistant materials for decks, patios and fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if spending tens of thousands of dollars isn’t in your budget, there are still many low-cost preventive measures worth trying. Here are a cheap and effective few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Fire-resistant landscaping \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $20 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>French lavender, red monkey flower, sage, California fuchsia, and California lilac. These are only a few of the beautiful and affordable \u003ca href=\"https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/fire-resistant-landscaping/\">fire-resistant plants\u003c/a> that can be used to strategically resist the spread of fire to your home. A gardener can re-landscape your home in an afternoon for a few hundred dollars, or a family can turn it into a fun weekend do-it-yourself project. An added bonus? Fire-resistant plants are usually also drought tolerant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> A good pair of pruners\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $30 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire suggests trimming trees, branches and clearing bushes around defensible spaces — areas that are usually up to 5 feet from the home. Trees should be cut regularly so that branches are a minimum of 10 feet from other trees. Remove branches that hang over a roof and keep dead branches 10 feet away from a chimney. A gardening crew can do this for a few hundred dollars, but homeowners on a budget can also do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Ember-resistant vents\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: About $50 per vent\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open vents act as backdoors for embers. Hours after a blaze appears to be extinguished, a smoldering wildfire fragment can ignite a new fire from inside a home. Fire officials recommend covering vent openings with ⅛-inch or ¼-inch metal wire mesh. The mesh should be very small and stay away from material that can melt and burn, such as fiberglass or plastic — fireproof vents are also available at your local hardware store. Again, homeowners can pay a handyman or contractor a modest fee to do this, or do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Garden hoses\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $10-$100\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep multiple gardening hoses on your property. Make sure they are long enough to reach around the house and other structures. Fire officials also recommend getting a pump if you have a pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Rakes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $20 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump was razzed for suggesting, after the Camp Fire, that Finland has fewer wildfires because of all the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/17/trump-leaves-wildfires-fox-intv-sot-newday-vpx.cnn\">raking and cleaning\u003c/a>” Finns purportedly do in their forests. Finns were flummoxed by the remark — their fire management apparently \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-partanen-finns-dont-rake-the-forest-floor-20181119-story.html\">doesn’t hinge on raking\u003c/a> — but fire officials recommend it highly for homeowners in fire-prone neighborhoods. Clearing all dead plants, leaves and pine needles from your yard will go a long way toward removing fuel for wildfires. It’s also a good idea to get up on a ladder and pull out any vegetation that may have collected in rain gutters. Gutter cleaning services will do this for a couple hundred dollars for homeowners who don’t want to do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Weather stripping\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $10 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as you want to stop embers from blowing into vents, you should also block them from slipping through doorways. Pro tip: Don’t forget to install weather stripping around and under the garage door. This can be DIY, or homeowners can spend a few hundred dollars on a service. As a bonus, weather-stripping also helps keep down your heating and cooling bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The goat option\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: About $1,000 an acre\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goats can help with vegetation management by eating tall grass or dried brush that could spread without containment. \u003ca href=\"https://goatcentral.com/\">Goat Central\u003c/a> owner Roy Austin in El Dorado has been renting goats for 20 years and said these four-legged fire mitigators can “go where machine and chemicals can’t be used.” Plus, they provide fertilization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goats tend to cost less than hand crews. The city of Laguna Beach put out a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lagunabeachcity.net/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=71727.78&BlobID=22875\">wildfire mitigation report\u003c/a> pegging the average cost for a crew to do hand modification at $28,000 per acre. That compares to around $1,000 per acre for a herd of goats, depending on vegetation and labor, Austin said. And the more acreage, the more likely you can negotiate a lower price (with the owner, that is, not the goats).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Act fast, though. Austin says recent demand is driving up prices. He’s commanding $1,800 per acre right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters.org\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As wildfires become more frequent and ferocious, state officials recommend homeowners do more to harden their properties in high-risk areas.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1574036873,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1122},"headData":{"title":"7 Affordable Ways to Protect Your Home From Wildfires | KQED","description":"As wildfires become more frequent and ferocious, state officials recommend homeowners do more to harden their properties in high-risk areas.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"7 Affordable Ways to Protect Your Home From Wildfires","datePublished":"2019-11-16T15:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2019-11-18T00:27:53.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11786957 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11786957","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/11/16/7-affordable-ways-to-protect-your-home-from-wildfires/","disqusTitle":"7 Affordable Ways to Protect Your Home From Wildfires","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/adria-watson/\"> Adria Watson\u003c/a>\u003cbr>CalMatters","path":"/news/11786957/7-affordable-ways-to-protect-your-home-from-wildfires","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Californians have all but adapted to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-worsening-wildfires-explained/\">new normal\u003c/a>: In the last four years, the state has experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/5511/top20_destruction.pdf\">10 of the most destructive wildfires\u003c/a> in its history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-braces-for-new-wildfires-20190614-story.html\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in Butte County that destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and killed 85 people was the deadliest on record. And though the 2019 fire season has not been as active, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782314/what-you-need-to-know-sonoma-countys-kincade-fire\">Kincade Fire\u003c/a> in Sonoma County triggered the evacuation of some 200,000 residents, while the Getty Fire last month forced Angelenos from Mount St. Mary’s University to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2019-10-29/lebron-james-seeks-normalcy-with-family-safe-from-getty-fire\">LeBron James\u003c/a>’ neighborhood in Brentwood to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State fire officials are adapting by changing firefighting tactics, improving emergency response plans and adding \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/10/california-wildfire-response-plan-new-technology/\">high-tech cameras, radar and infrared equipment\u003c/a> to their arsenal of firefighting tools. But for all that the government is doing, the public needs to pitch in, because \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/04/23/newsom-warns-of-wildfire-risk-to-urban-communities-across-state/\">one in three\u003c/a> homes is located in the urban-wildland interface, where the danger of wildfires is elevated. With an estimated 11 million residents living in high fire-threat areas, it’s no wonder Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are demanding property owners take responsibility for fireproofing their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"disaster-preparedness"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This year, the Legislature passed several bills aimed at encouraging home hardening. Among them: \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB38\">Assembly Bill 38\u003c/a>, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Jim Woods of Santa Rosa, requiring property sellers in high fire-threat zones to disclose fire safety improvements. And \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190\">SB 190\u003c/a> directs the state fire marshal to develop a defensible space program. That bill, from Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, gives local governments the authority to impose an abatement lien if they fail to create and maintain defensible space around their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how can homeowners help themselves?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, find out whether your home is located in a high-fire threat area. The California Public Utilities Commission recently developed a \u003ca href=\"https://ia.cpuc.ca.gov/firemap/\">searchable fire map\u003c/a> to help residents determine their fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are in the high-risk zone, Cal Fire has \u003ca href=\"https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/hardening-your-home/\">recommendations\u003c/a> for hardening a home for wildfire season. Some suggestions are costly, such as replacing wood or shingle roofs and single-pane windows, or using ignition-resistant materials for decks, patios and fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if spending tens of thousands of dollars isn’t in your budget, there are still many low-cost preventive measures worth trying. Here are a cheap and effective few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Fire-resistant landscaping \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $20 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>French lavender, red monkey flower, sage, California fuchsia, and California lilac. These are only a few of the beautiful and affordable \u003ca href=\"https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/get-ready/fire-resistant-landscaping/\">fire-resistant plants\u003c/a> that can be used to strategically resist the spread of fire to your home. A gardener can re-landscape your home in an afternoon for a few hundred dollars, or a family can turn it into a fun weekend do-it-yourself project. An added bonus? Fire-resistant plants are usually also drought tolerant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> A good pair of pruners\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $30 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire suggests trimming trees, branches and clearing bushes around defensible spaces — areas that are usually up to 5 feet from the home. Trees should be cut regularly so that branches are a minimum of 10 feet from other trees. Remove branches that hang over a roof and keep dead branches 10 feet away from a chimney. A gardening crew can do this for a few hundred dollars, but homeowners on a budget can also do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Ember-resistant vents\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: About $50 per vent\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open vents act as backdoors for embers. Hours after a blaze appears to be extinguished, a smoldering wildfire fragment can ignite a new fire from inside a home. Fire officials recommend covering vent openings with ⅛-inch or ¼-inch metal wire mesh. The mesh should be very small and stay away from material that can melt and burn, such as fiberglass or plastic — fireproof vents are also available at your local hardware store. Again, homeowners can pay a handyman or contractor a modest fee to do this, or do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Garden hoses\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $10-$100\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep multiple gardening hoses on your property. Make sure they are long enough to reach around the house and other structures. Fire officials also recommend getting a pump if you have a pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Rakes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $20 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump was razzed for suggesting, after the Camp Fire, that Finland has fewer wildfires because of all the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/17/trump-leaves-wildfires-fox-intv-sot-newday-vpx.cnn\">raking and cleaning\u003c/a>” Finns purportedly do in their forests. Finns were flummoxed by the remark — their fire management apparently \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-partanen-finns-dont-rake-the-forest-floor-20181119-story.html\">doesn’t hinge on raking\u003c/a> — but fire officials recommend it highly for homeowners in fire-prone neighborhoods. Clearing all dead plants, leaves and pine needles from your yard will go a long way toward removing fuel for wildfires. It’s also a good idea to get up on a ladder and pull out any vegetation that may have collected in rain gutters. Gutter cleaning services will do this for a couple hundred dollars for homeowners who don’t want to do it themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Weather stripping\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: $10 and up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just as you want to stop embers from blowing into vents, you should also block them from slipping through doorways. Pro tip: Don’t forget to install weather stripping around and under the garage door. This can be DIY, or homeowners can spend a few hundred dollars on a service. As a bonus, weather-stripping also helps keep down your heating and cooling bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The goat option\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: About $1,000 an acre\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goats can help with vegetation management by eating tall grass or dried brush that could spread without containment. \u003ca href=\"https://goatcentral.com/\">Goat Central\u003c/a> owner Roy Austin in El Dorado has been renting goats for 20 years and said these four-legged fire mitigators can “go where machine and chemicals can’t be used.” Plus, they provide fertilization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goats tend to cost less than hand crews. The city of Laguna Beach put out a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lagunabeachcity.net/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=71727.78&BlobID=22875\">wildfire mitigation report\u003c/a> pegging the average cost for a crew to do hand modification at $28,000 per acre. That compares to around $1,000 per acre for a herd of goats, depending on vegetation and labor, Austin said. And the more acreage, the more likely you can negotiate a lower price (with the owner, that is, not the goats).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Act fast, though. Austin says recent demand is driving up prices. He’s commanding $1,800 per acre right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters.org\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11786957/7-affordable-ways-to-protect-your-home-from-wildfires","authors":["byline_news_11786957"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_20341","news_25411"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11786960","label":"news_18481"},"news_11786617":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11786617","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11786617","score":null,"sort":[1573771843000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"federal-inspectors-find-serious-safety-violations-at-many-california-nursing-homes","title":"Federal Inspectors Find Serious Safety Violations at Many California Nursing Homes","publishDate":1573771843,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>As huge swaths of California burned last fall, federal health officials descended on 20 California nursing homes to determine whether they were prepared to protect their vulnerable residents from fires, earthquakes and other disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Mike Connors, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform\"]'The fact that one of the nursing homes inspected was later destroyed by a wildfire speaks to the grave danger residents are facing today.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of their surprise inspections, which took place from September to December of 2018, were disturbing: Auditors found hundreds of potentially life-threatening violations of safety and emergency requirements, including blocked emergency exit doors, unsafe use of power strips and extension cords, and inadequate fuel for emergency generators, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91802009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report\u003c/a> released Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nursing home residents “were at increased risk of injury or death during a fire or other emergency,” the report concluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat is not theoretical in a state that has been ravaged by natural disasters: One of the nursing homes that was inspected ended up burning down in a subsequent wildfire, so the report includes results only for the 19 remaining facilities, none of which are identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that one of the nursing homes inspected was later destroyed by a wildfire speaks to the grave danger residents are facing today,” said Mike Connors of the advocacy group California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. He called the findings alarming but not surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the report didn’t name the nursing home that was destroyed, the California Association of Health Facilities, which represents most of the state’s skilled nursing facilities, identified it as one that burned down in the Nov.ember 2018 Camp Fire, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/25/camp-fire-deadliest-wildfire-californias-history-has-been-contained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadliest wildfire in the state’s history\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig Cornett, CEO and president of the association, said all the residents were evacuated safely from that home — and from \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcknights.com/news/camp-fire-destroys-three-skilled-nursing-facilities/\">two others destroyed\u003c/a> in the same fire. Hundreds of other nursing homes also have responded to emergencies in the past three years without loss of life, he said, which shows that “the deficiencies in the report do not reflect true facility readiness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association is concerned about safely violations, he added, but “this is an example of bureaucracy equipped with blinders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal inspectors said the violations occurred because of poor oversight by management and high staff turnover at the homes. But they also criticized the California Department of Public Health, the agency responsible for overseeing nursing homes in the state, for not ensuring the facilities complied with federal safety and emergency requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, the state’s own inspectors had previously cited nursing homes for the same problems, but did not inspect the facilities again to ensure they had been fixed, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department “can reduce the risk of resident injury or death by improving its oversight,” the report said. For example, it could “conduct more frequent site surveys at nursing homes to follow up on deficiencies previously cited rather than relying on reviews of documentation submitted by nursing homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"elderly\"]Officials from the state public health department told the auditors it had followed up with the 19 remaining homes to ensure they were addressing the problems identified. But the state disagreed with the report's recommendation to inspect nursing homes more frequently, responding in a letter that federal rules don’t require on-site visits to determine whether problems have been fixed — and that the agency simply does not have enough inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department declined a California Healthline request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The HHS inspector general is auditing nursing homes across the nation that receive payments from the public health insurance programs Medicare or Medicaid to determine whether the facilities meet the stricter federal safety and emergency guidelines adopted in 2016. The auditors did not choose the 20 nursing homes randomly out of the approximately 1,200 statewide, but rather selected those in fire- and earthquake-prone regions, as well as ones already on notice for health and safety violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inspectors found a total of 325 violations at the 19 homes. Among them:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Two of the homes had pathways leading to emergency exit doors that were blocked, including one exit door blocked by a pallet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sixteen had violations related to their fire alarm and sprinkler systems, including two that didn’t have their fire alarm systems routinely tested and maintained.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All had violations related to electrical equipment, including using power strips that did not meet requirements or were unsafely connected to appliances or other power strips.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eight had not properly inspected, tested and maintained their emergency generators, which provide electricity for critical medical equipment during a power outage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Two didn’t have enough generator fuel to last 96 hours. Generator power has become critical for nursing homes in recent months amid \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-and-nursing-homes-brace-for-wildfire-blackouts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widespread power shutdowns\u003c/a> aimed at preventing wildfires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Three nursing homes’ emergency plans didn’t address evacuations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want reports like this,” said state Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa. “It sounds like maybe we need to ask the state auditor to see if the site visits done by the state are being done thoroughly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/\">KHN\u003c/a> story first published on \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiahealthline.org/\">California Healthline\u003c/a>, a service of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chcf.org/\">California Health Care Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a> (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kff.org/\">Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a> which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Federal inspectors found hundreds of potentially life-threatening violations, including blocked emergency exit doors, unsafe use of power strips and inadequate fuel for emergency generators.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1573773965,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":964},"headData":{"title":"Federal Inspectors Find Serious Safety Violations at Many California Nursing Homes | KQED","description":"Federal inspectors found hundreds of potentially life-threatening violations, including blocked emergency exit doors, unsafe use of power strips and inadequate fuel for emergency generators.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Federal Inspectors Find Serious Safety Violations at Many California Nursing Homes","datePublished":"2019-11-14T22:50:43.000Z","dateModified":"2019-11-14T23:26:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11786617 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11786617","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/11/14/federal-inspectors-find-serious-safety-violations-at-many-california-nursing-homes/","disqusTitle":"Federal Inspectors Find Serious Safety Violations at Many California Nursing Homes","source":"Kaiser Health News","sourceUrl":"https://khn.org/news/","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/news/author/barbara-feder-ostrov/\">Barbara Feder Ostrov\u003c/a>\u003cbr>California Healthline","path":"/news/11786617/federal-inspectors-find-serious-safety-violations-at-many-california-nursing-homes","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As huge swaths of California burned last fall, federal health officials descended on 20 California nursing homes to determine whether they were prepared to protect their vulnerable residents from fires, earthquakes and other disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'The fact that one of the nursing homes inspected was later destroyed by a wildfire speaks to the grave danger residents are facing today.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Mike Connors, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of their surprise inspections, which took place from September to December of 2018, were disturbing: Auditors found hundreds of potentially life-threatening violations of safety and emergency requirements, including blocked emergency exit doors, unsafe use of power strips and extension cords, and inadequate fuel for emergency generators, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91802009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report\u003c/a> released Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nursing home residents “were at increased risk of injury or death during a fire or other emergency,” the report concluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat is not theoretical in a state that has been ravaged by natural disasters: One of the nursing homes that was inspected ended up burning down in a subsequent wildfire, so the report includes results only for the 19 remaining facilities, none of which are identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that one of the nursing homes inspected was later destroyed by a wildfire speaks to the grave danger residents are facing today,” said Mike Connors of the advocacy group California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. He called the findings alarming but not surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the report didn’t name the nursing home that was destroyed, the California Association of Health Facilities, which represents most of the state’s skilled nursing facilities, identified it as one that burned down in the Nov.ember 2018 Camp Fire, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/25/camp-fire-deadliest-wildfire-californias-history-has-been-contained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadliest wildfire in the state’s history\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig Cornett, CEO and president of the association, said all the residents were evacuated safely from that home — and from \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcknights.com/news/camp-fire-destroys-three-skilled-nursing-facilities/\">two others destroyed\u003c/a> in the same fire. Hundreds of other nursing homes also have responded to emergencies in the past three years without loss of life, he said, which shows that “the deficiencies in the report do not reflect true facility readiness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association is concerned about safely violations, he added, but “this is an example of bureaucracy equipped with blinders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal inspectors said the violations occurred because of poor oversight by management and high staff turnover at the homes. But they also criticized the California Department of Public Health, the agency responsible for overseeing nursing homes in the state, for not ensuring the facilities complied with federal safety and emergency requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, the state’s own inspectors had previously cited nursing homes for the same problems, but did not inspect the facilities again to ensure they had been fixed, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department “can reduce the risk of resident injury or death by improving its oversight,” the report said. For example, it could “conduct more frequent site surveys at nursing homes to follow up on deficiencies previously cited rather than relying on reviews of documentation submitted by nursing homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"elderly"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Officials from the state public health department told the auditors it had followed up with the 19 remaining homes to ensure they were addressing the problems identified. But the state disagreed with the report's recommendation to inspect nursing homes more frequently, responding in a letter that federal rules don’t require on-site visits to determine whether problems have been fixed — and that the agency simply does not have enough inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department declined a California Healthline request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The HHS inspector general is auditing nursing homes across the nation that receive payments from the public health insurance programs Medicare or Medicaid to determine whether the facilities meet the stricter federal safety and emergency guidelines adopted in 2016. The auditors did not choose the 20 nursing homes randomly out of the approximately 1,200 statewide, but rather selected those in fire- and earthquake-prone regions, as well as ones already on notice for health and safety violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inspectors found a total of 325 violations at the 19 homes. Among them:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Two of the homes had pathways leading to emergency exit doors that were blocked, including one exit door blocked by a pallet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sixteen had violations related to their fire alarm and sprinkler systems, including two that didn’t have their fire alarm systems routinely tested and maintained.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All had violations related to electrical equipment, including using power strips that did not meet requirements or were unsafely connected to appliances or other power strips.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eight had not properly inspected, tested and maintained their emergency generators, which provide electricity for critical medical equipment during a power outage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Two didn’t have enough generator fuel to last 96 hours. Generator power has become critical for nursing homes in recent months amid \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-and-nursing-homes-brace-for-wildfire-blackouts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widespread power shutdowns\u003c/a> aimed at preventing wildfires.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Three nursing homes’ emergency plans didn’t address evacuations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want reports like this,” said state Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa. “It sounds like maybe we need to ask the state auditor to see if the site visits done by the state are being done thoroughly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/\">KHN\u003c/a> story first published on \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiahealthline.org/\">California Healthline\u003c/a>, a service of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chcf.org/\">California Health Care Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a> (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kff.org/\">Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a> which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11786617/federal-inspectors-find-serious-safety-violations-at-many-california-nursing-homes","authors":["byline_news_11786617"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_457","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_1153","news_20341","news_23556","news_25411","news_22072","news_27017","news_19385","news_2813"],"featImg":"news_11786643","label":"source_news_11786617"},"news_11738573":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11738573","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11738573","score":null,"sort":[1554760437000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire","title":"Step 1: Build A House. Step 2: Set It On Fire","publishDate":1554760437,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>An hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, two forks in the road beyond suburbia, a freshly constructed house sits in a wind tunnel waiting to be set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Disaster preparedness\" tag=\"wildfire,flooding\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,\" explains Roy Wright, the organization's president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've hit an inflection point where we're seeing more events impact more Americans,\" Wright says. \"Our members have increased their investment and said, 'We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.' We are collectively responding to this changing world that we're in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute's president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others' research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,\" explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren't ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it's especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The side by side couldn't be more surreal,\" Wright says. \"One side fully engulfed and the other side's getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it's just going, 'I can take it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building's resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where sometimes the wheels fall off,\" explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, \"standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they're not enforced.\" For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, \"they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm's intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California's Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright's parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are ways to prepare for disasters,\" Wright says. \"But there's always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it's not going to affect you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our work here is not just about 'What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?' \" he explains. \"The question is, 'Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?' Because if it's not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Step+1%3A+Build+A+House.+Step+2%3A+Set+It+On+Fire&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"After back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires, insurers are looking for more resilient construction materials. That means building model homes and then blowing off their roofs or setting them on fire.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1554760668,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1523},"headData":{"title":"Step 1: Build A House. Step 2: Set It On Fire | KQED","description":"After back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires, insurers are looking for more resilient construction materials. 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Step 2: Set It On Fire","source":"NPR","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org","audioUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/20190403_atc_step_1_build_a_house_step_2_set_it_on_fire.mp3","nprImageCredit":"Ryan Kellman","nprByline":"Ryan Kellman and Rebecca Hersher","nprImageAgency":"NPR","nprStoryId":"704854496","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=704854496&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/704854496/step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire?ft=nprml&f=704854496","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:16:00 -0400","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:18:00 -0400","nprLastModifiedDate":"Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:14:51 -0400","nprAudio":"https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/04/20190403_atc_step_1_build_a_house_step_2_set_it_on_fire.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=273&p=2&story=704854496&ft=nprml&f=704854496","nprAudioM3u":"http://api.npr.org/m3u/1709574131-64279c.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=273&p=2&story=704854496&ft=nprml&f=704854496","audioTrackLength":273,"path":"/news/11738573/step-1-build-a-house-step-2-set-it-on-fire","parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>An hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, two forks in the road beyond suburbia, a freshly constructed house sits in a wind tunnel waiting to be set on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Disaster preparedness ","tag":"wildfire,flooding"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the left of the house is a brick wall with a hole in the middle, made by a 2-by-4 propelled at 70 miles per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the house is a metal staircase five stories tall. At the top are the hail guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 fans begin to turn, slowly at first and then faster. The ember generators flicker on. The fire is about to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years have been particularly costly for insurance companies that are on the hook for billions of dollars in damage done by hurricanes, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2019/release14-19.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires\u003c/a>, floods and other disasters. As these disasters become more frequent and expensive, in part because of \u003ca href=\"https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, insurers are investing more in this research facility that studies how to protect homes and businesses from destructive wind, water and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility in rural South Carolina is run by the \u003ca href=\"https://disastersafety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety\u003c/a>, a nonprofit research organization funded by U.S. insurance companies. The concrete building the size of an airplane hangar can generate hurricane-force winds, realistic hail and wind-driven rain and embers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the only full-scale lab of its kind in the United States,\" explains Roy Wright, the organization's president and CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-2_custom-679de0a9b2252f3b630f0ccade69fc0fb620f347-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The research site in South Carolina has a wall of 105 fans that can generate wind gusts to blow embers. Fire engineers say most homes that burn during wildfires are ignited by embers, rather than a wall of flames. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The facility was built in 2008, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, with millions of dollars from the insurance industry. Since then, and especially in recent years, industry support for the facility has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've hit an inflection point where we're seeing more events impact more Americans,\" Wright says. \"Our members have increased their investment and said, 'We want more researchers here. We want to see more activity playing out here.' We are collectively responding to this changing world that we're in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the annual budget is just shy of $15 million, and the facility regularly tests, among other things, the resilience of commonly used types of roofing, siding, garage doors, porches and even landscaping during disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_custom-cdfe7340b9939810e5aca6fe3337c8ace6a725b6-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Half of the test home has cedar siding and other common combustible building materials. The other half has common fire-resistant materials such as cement siding. Bottom left: Fire engineer Daniel Gorham (far right) monitors the test from a control room at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research facility. Bottom right: Roy Wright is the institute's president and CEO. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most recent full-scale test was a wildfire simulation. Engineers designed and built a full-size duplex home. On one side, the house has cedar siding, vinyl gutters, single-pane windows and bark mulch around the foundation. On the other side, the house is designed to be fire resistant, with cement siding, metal gutters, double-pane windows and gravel around the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've used construction materials and building practices that, we have found through our research, and others' research, makes a building resistant to wildfire exposure,\" explains fire engineer Daniel Gorham, who helped design and carry out the fire test. For example, a 5-foot zone around the fire-resistant side of the house is devoid of combustible material, including plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1951\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-3_custom-92e716d6a6de907697dc0a5a354a40e14897b8fb-s1300-c85-1020x1531.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Gorham is a fire engineer and former firefighter who helped design and carry out the embers test. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's important, Gorham says, because the majority of homes that burn during wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/678853717/how-houses-themselves-become-fuel-for-wildfires\">aren't ignited by a wall of flame\u003c/a>. Instead, embers can blow hundreds of yards or even miles, starting blazes far from the main wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When embers land on gravel they eventually burn out. But when embers land on mulch, dry leaves, plants, deck furniture or other combustible materials, they can start new fire. And if the house has a wood deck or siding, it's especially likely that the house itself will eventually burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The full-scale test was designed to study both scenarios side by side by directing ember-laden wind at the duplex and seeing what happened. The difference was starkly clear: After a few minutes, one side of the house was engulfed in flame, while the other side was entirely unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11738593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/master-burn.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"473\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A test house burns inside a research facility run by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in South Carolina. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local firefighters stepped in to put out the fire before the house burned to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The side by side couldn't be more surreal,\" Wright says. \"One side fully engulfed and the other side's getting just as many embers, just as much pummeling it, and it's just going, 'I can take it.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2018 report by Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based group that studies land management, found it \u003ca href=\"https://headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/homes-risk/building-costs-codes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs about the same amount\u003c/a> to build a new fire-resistant house as it does to build a typical house with cedar siding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results on how different parts of the house performed will be incorporated into public reports meant to help homeowners, businesses and local officials who set building codes and plan for disasters. There are similar reports about protecting homes against the hail, wind and wind-driven rain that accompany hurricanes and tornadoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More granular versions of the research findings are shared with the companies that fund it. Wright says companies can use that information to help set insurance rates or to educate local insurance agents who field questions directly from policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/firesafety-1-4_custom-c7337322fa7d6501e77acfeed9975210b0cb4ff6-s2500-c85-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of a local fire department work with research facility staff to extinguish the burning test home. \u003ccite>(Credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the real test of a building's resilience is during an actual storm or fire, and in many parts of the country the majority of homes and businesses are not built to withstand severe weather. Building codes are established and enforced locally and vary widely, even across single states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where sometimes the wheels fall off,\" explains Thomas Welle, head of the Denver field office for the National Fire Protection Association, which develops building standards for new homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Welle says, \"standards are adopted piecemeal instead of whole. And sometimes they're not enforced.\" For example, some counties require that builders create a perimeter without combustible materials around a newly built home, but then there are no follow-up inspections to enforce that rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Welle says those in the private sector, including realtors and the insurance industry, have a role to play, especially when it comes to incentivizing upgrades to existing buildings to make them more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although insurance companies are barred from working together to set prices, Welle explains, \"they can agree on some kind of best practices to at least promote that kind of thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2043px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11738594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2043\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85.jpg 2043w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1197x1200.jpg 1197w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/trip_fire_after_custom-fb64230c54d3360ba738d87148c1fa32ac565a78-s2500-c85-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2043px) 100vw, 2043px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The contrast between the resilience of the traditional building materials and that of the fire-resistant materials was stark. \u003ccite>(Ryan Kellman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roof resilience is an area of particular interest to insurance companies and to homeowners who live in hurricane-prone parts of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida last year, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety studied which buildings were damaged and what the buildings that survived had in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found the storm's intense wind and rain mirrored lab results that suggested unfortified \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/236989575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garage doors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/122671817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed plywood on the roof\u003c/a> could fail catastrophically during storms, leading the roof to rip off the house or water to flood in as shingles flew away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, wildfires in California last year offered insight about how to reduce risk in fire-prone areas. Many of the homes that burned in Southern California's Woolsey Fire appear to have been ignited by embers landing on combustible material on or near the house. Simply changing the landscaping or porch setup could help such homes survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Northern California, the deadly Camp Fire came with a different lesson: No one is invincible. Wright's parents lost their home in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are ways to prepare for disasters,\" Wright says. \"But there's always this sense of hopefulness or invincibility that it's not going to affect you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says helping his parents file insurance claims and figure out how to piece their day-to-day lives back together has underscored the importance of presenting actionable research that can help people become more resilient to severe weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our work here is not just about 'What does the science look like to build the \u003cem>best\u003c/em> way?' \" he explains. \"The question is, 'Is there a \u003cem>better\u003c/em> way that is affordable?' Because if it's not accessible to a homeowner or a business owner, it just becomes more noise in the system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. 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