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This is the analysis made May 15, 2007 by Fire Mitigation Specialist Joe Padgett, Sarasota County Emergency Services.
While there was no scale attached to his report the higher the number the greater the risk.
His specific recommendations to further mitigate fire danger is at the bottom of the chart.
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Florida Wildfire Hazard & Risk Assessment Checklist |
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| Landings - Preserve Area 7 + acres | |||||||||
| A) Access | |||||||||
| 1) Ingress / Egress | 7 | ||||||||
| 2) Road Width | 4 | ||||||||
| 3) Road Accessability | 5 | ||||||||
| 4) Secondary Road Terminus | 0 | ||||||||
| 5) Cul de sac turn-arounds | 0 | ||||||||
| 6) Street signs | 3 | ||||||||
| B) Vegetation | |||||||||
| 1) Type | 5 | ||||||||
| 2) Defensible space | 25 | ||||||||
| C) Building Construction | |||||||||
| 1) Roof material | 0 | ||||||||
| 2) Soffits / Sidings | 0 | ||||||||
| 3) Skirting | 0 | ||||||||
| D) Fire Protection | |||||||||
| 1) Helicopter dip spots | 0 | ||||||||
| 2) Structure protection | 5 | ||||||||
| 3) Water supply | 11 | ||||||||
| E) Utilities | |||||||||
| 1) Gas | 0 | ||||||||
| 2) Electric | 0 | ||||||||
| 3) Septic | 0 | ||||||||
| F) Additional factors | |||||||||
| 1) Large adjacent area | 0 | ||||||||
| 2) Homeowners asso | 0 | ||||||||
| 3) Canals | 0 | ||||||||
| 4) Closeness of Structures | 0 | ||||||||
| 5) undeveloped lots | 0 | ||||||||
| 6) History | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 65 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 5/15/2007 | Met with Howard Feltman and Irwin Starr - surveyed Howard's home | ||||||||
| Made verbal recommendations to go along with this survey - see below | |||||||||
| Recommendations for preserve area: | |||||||||
| 1) Reduce fuel within 30 feet of any home edge. | |||||||||
| 2) Remove tree limbs within 10 feet of the ground to separate ground fuels from tree top fuels. | |||||||||
| 3) Removal and control of exotics is a planned activity. | |||||||||