1.0Climate Watchhttps://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatchGretchen Weberhttps://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/author/gweber/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ryCsp7lrEy"><a href="https://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/2009/04/14/girding-against-the-fire-season/">Girding Against the Fire Season</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/2009/04/14/girding-against-the-fire-season/embed/#?secret=ryCsp7lrEy" width="600" height="338" title="“Girding Against the Fire Season” — Climate Watch" data-secret="ryCsp7lrEy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Last June, more than 1,000 wildfires started in one weekend. Throughout the course of the season, thousands more fires burned and hundreds of homes were damaged. While residents can't prevent wildfires completely, there are steps people can take to lower their homes' vulnerability to wildfire.http://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2009/04/fire3.jpg