Fire Risk Reduction
Community Status
Murrieta Fire & Rescue
Fire Chief Bernard Molloy
09-17-2024
Received After Agenda Printed
9/17/2024 - Regular Meeting
CITY MANAGER - ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE
Presentation
Fire Department ability to help
Fire Departments can only do two things under the Current Safer From Wildfires Initiative to help residents lower their insurance rates:
1. Assist Neighborhoods to become Fire Wise Communities.
2. Be recognized as a Fire Risk Reduction Community by the Board of Foresters
3 Fire Risk Reduction Community
• Cities can apply to be identified as a
Fire Risk Reduction Community as
outlined in Public Resource Code
Section 4290.1.
• Reserved for communities that meet
the best practices for local fire
planning.
• It is spelled out in the Insurance code
to be considered during the rate-
making process.
Fire Risk Reduction Community
4 1. Adopt Ordinance Designating VHFSZ
2. Provide Adopted Safety Element from
the General Plan
3. Subdivision Review Progress from CCR
Section. 1267.01 - All “communities”
(30 homes or more) with one-way
access in VHFSZ – AB2911
4. Adopt one or more regulations
exceeding the state minimum for fire
safety regulations.
5. Adopt one or more DSI ordinances
exceeding the minimum state
standard.
6. Adopt WUI Code Stricter than Chapter
49, Part 9 of Title 24 of CCR.
7. Identify wildfire as a high-priority
hazard in your Local or Multi
Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Fire Risk Reduction Community Steps
5 Riverside County:
• City of Murrieta
• The only city in Riverside
County that now qualifies
for rate reduction city-wide.
6 Visit our website for more information