3.4 Fire Hazards

GOAL S-4:

A community that seeks to avoid and minimize the risk of loss of life, injury, and property loss from wildfires and urban fires.

Policies

Policy S-24 Cooperate with the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) in developing additional standards, guidelines, and local ordinances to ensure provision of adequate fire protection and emergency medical service for all persons and property in the community.

Policy S-25 Continue to require a high level of fire protection to residential and commercial development to avoid or minimize wildfire hazards associated with new land uses, consistent with MOFD standards.

Policy S-26 Coordinate with MOFD and landowners to develop and maintain fuel breaks in dedicated open space and fire-access easements.

Policy S-27 Require project-specific fire prevention plans for all new development projects in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Wildland-Urban Interface Zones (see Figure 8: Wildfire Hazard Severity Zones and Figure 9: Wildland-Urban Interface Zones), including plans for long-term, comprehensive, fuel reduction and management.

Policy S-28 Develop and update programs as needed that ensure recovery and redevelopment after a large fire and that reduce future vulnerabilities to fire hazard risks through site preparation, redevelopment layout design, fire-resistant landscape planning, and fireretarding building design and materials.

Policy S-29 Require that proposed development be in areas where fire and emergency services have sufficient capacity to meet project needs or require that they be upgraded to provide necessary capacity as part of the proposed development activities.

Policy S-30 Continue to require review by the Planning Department and Moraga-Orinda Fire District prior to the issuance of development permits for proposed construction projects and conceptual landscaping plans in Very Fire Hazard Severity Zones identified by CAL FIRE and Wildland-Urban Interface Zones (see Figure 7: Wildfire Hazard Severity Zones and Figure 8: Wildland-Urban Interface Zones). Plans for proposed development in such areas shall include, at a minimum:

1. Site plan, planting plan, planting palette, and irrigation plan to reduce the risk of fire hazards and with consideration to site conditions, including slope, structures, and adjacencies. 2. Defensible space maintenance plan.