While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large blazes currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Kinda hard to design your emergency response systems to be ready for biblical apocalypse. Not sure what the plan is for raining frogs or hordes of locusts, but it’s probably insufficient.
Roofing and siding to be made out of materials that can’t burn
Vents and holes to be covered with a mesh which keeps out sparks and embers
Windows to be held in place with materials which don’t fail in fires (if a window falls out, embers blow inside the house)
Hardscaping for several feet from the house
Removal of combustable materials such as plants and wooden fences which are too close to the house
probably a bunch of other details I don’t know about
They’re reasonably effective at keeping houses which are downwind from the fire from igniting; the singleton houses which didn’t burn were built to these kinds of standards.
Kinda hard to design your emergency response systems to be ready for biblical apocalypse. Not sure what the plan is for raining frogs or hordes of locusts, but it’s probably insufficient.
The new codes generally require:
They’re reasonably effective at keeping houses which are downwind from the fire from igniting; the singleton houses which didn’t burn were built to these kinds of standards.