CAL FIRE/ Pismo Beach Fire Department
Fire Preparedness and Safety Report
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Overview of Topics
CAL FIRE / Pismo Beach Fire Department Wildland Fire Safety Fire Hazardous Severity Zone Maps
City Initiated Activities
Fire Safe Council
Water System Capabilities
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Wildland Fire Safety
o I nformation
o Building Construction
oVegetation Management
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Information
• Quality information
• What will you use
• How will you use it
• Where should you look, you have options
• Evacuation Warning
o Ready to go
• Evacuation Order
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• Use your best judgment based of situational awareness G\T Y OF
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• Chapter 7A CA Building Code / Ember Cast Protection o Multi-Pane Windows
o Roof
o Vents Covered t
o Landscaping
0 5-foot zone of no combustibles
• Fire Hazard Severity Maps
o How does this impact Pismo Beach
• State Wildfire Responsible Area (SRA) Rules o What is going on around us?
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Vegetation Management
• Weed Abatement Ordinance ( PBMC 8. 32)
o April 1st
o June 1st
o July 1st
• City Projects
o Chumash Park
o Pismo Lagoon -
o Price Canyon
o Price House
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o Shell Beach Res.
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• SRA Projects Control Burns
o Ranches o Lighthouse
o Pirates Cove o Thille Ranch
o Avila Fire o Squire Canyon
o Pismo Preserve o Pismo Preserve o Ontario Ridge o 1000 Hills
o Invasive Plant Control (City Limit)
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Fire Hazard Severit FHS) Zone Map Update
• Executive Order N-18-25 Once LRA maps are • Distribute FHS Zone released :
Maps for LRA. • Public review and
• Added 200 cities, totaling comment with in 30 389 cities statewide. days.
• State Board of Forestry • Adoption within 120 to accelerate "Zone 0." days.
• Within 30 days of
adoption, transmit
• Schedule release date is ordinance to the State.
March 10, 2025 .
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FHSZ i n LRA- Recommended 2007- 11
Fire Hazard Severity Zones
FHSZ in 5RA-Effective April 1, 2024
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Moderate
FHSZ in LRA-Reclassified from SRA
Very High
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FHSZ in LRA-Recommended 2007-2011
Very High
State ResponsilbiNty Areas
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State Responsibility_1 aSRA)
Partnership.'
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o Foresters & Environmental Scientists
o GIS Lab : 1J STAN U
* Cal Poly
o Community Wildfire Protection Plan Capstone Forestry Class • Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI ) Fire Institute
o State and Nation-wide collaboration
• Fire Safe Council
o Funding fe
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How a know th is works ?
areas have similar
* Avila Fire
• 400 Acres
o Loss of Structures
• Damage to Structures
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What ' s Next ?
• Grants for target areas
o Heights
o She Beach
• Insurance
o What can you do?
o What is ahead for policy holders?
• Building Construction Ch 7A
o Stand alone structures
o It takes everyone
• Continued aggressive fuels treatment
• Education and Community meetings
o Next meeting March 12th at 5 :30 p.m. at Pismo Beach City Hall G\T Y OF
City Initiated Activities
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• Grant funded vegetation • City park maintenance (e.g. trash, debris, pine
reduction . needle removal ) .
• Fire assessment as a part • Place limitations on the of the facilities types of vegetation from assessment. future planting?
• Wildland-Urban Interfaces
• Weed abatement (WUI ) construction
schedule . upgrade process.
• Fire-safe demonstration
• Firewise community. gardens.
• SLO Botanical Garden
• City mailer (Wildfire Action Plan) • Paso Fairgrounds G\T Y OF
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San Luis Obispo County
Community Fire Safe Council
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501 (C) (3) Not for Profit organization
SLO County Fire Safe Council
• Broad cross section of significant stakeholders • Organizational leaders participate
• Mayor Waage is SLO FSC Vice President
• Strategic Level - Countywide focus
• Grassroots connection- Focus Groups
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SLO County Fire Safe Council
Board of Air Pollution District
CAL FIRE Supervisors Cities
Cal Poly WUI FIRE Institute Fire Safe Focus o Coup Groups
People
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U.C. Extension
PG&E
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Fire Prevention
Officers F %fe Environmental
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Resource Conservation
Districts
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County Improvement 4rY Assn. Farm Builders Fire Assn. � p* Bureau Assn. Chiefs
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Countywide action-
Planning
• Evacuation
• Land use
• Community wildfire resilience
i Fire "Fuel reduction" treatments
• Roadside clearance-evac routes
• Chipping to support defensible space
• Partner with fire agencies on bigger projects • Education/outreach
ry • Scholarships
• Demonstration gardens and buildings
Fire Safe Focus Groups
- Pismo Beach Focus Group-Pismo Heights area 0 Pismo Heights
• Pismo Preserve
- Avila Malley Focus Group
• Gragg Canyon
• 16 Grassroots groups-connection to local issues • Cities; HOA; CSD; Neighborhoods
0 Provide input take info back to constituencies 4IYp* • Empower to take action with support �s' n B P
What has the FSC completed in Pismo Beach ? Fuel Treatments Planning
• Pismo Heights a Community Wildfire • Pismo Preserve Protection Plan-C 11PP • Price House
Pacific Estates
• Wildfire Pre Plan
• Ontario Ridge • Fireshed Model
• Thousand Hills Ranch
• ragg Canyon
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• The Insurance Services Office ( ISO) rates communities on a scale of 1 - 10, with 1 being the best. • A rating of 3 means that a community has a relatively good fire capability, indicating a well-equipped fire department with readily accessible water supply,
placing it within the top tier of fire protection . • This rating helps a community achieve lower insurance costs.
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P i S Beach I !i Rating :4 cont . )
• ISO conducts their scoring through athird-party independent review.
• With the Heights Project the City went from an ISO rating of 5 to a 3.
• The only way to improve the score is to purchase a ladder truck and/or increase fire staffing.
• The water score is maximized and there is no ability to �. o improve that score.
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zi Pismo Water Master Plan
• The Water Master Plan is usually updated every five yea rs.
• The most recent update was in 2020.
• The Plan is a " health check-up" on the City's water system, covering all aspects of our system and sources. • It develops/updates a hydraulic model and conducts test runs on the model .
• Recommends improvements when necessary.
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Water Syster
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• 58 miles of water mains that distribute water all throughout the City.
• 9 water reservoirs (tanks) that store 5 . 33 million gallons of water.
• 2 groundwater wells that pump groundwater into water reservoirs (tanks) .
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• 6 booster stations (also know as pumping stations) each station has a booster pump to move water and add pressure and velocity to the system .
• 525 fire hydrants
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Water System — Water Sources
1. Groundwater
2. Lopez lake
1 3. State Water Project
• Gravity flow
4. Interconnect with Arroyo Grande
• At North Oak Park if necessary
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• Water operations are divided into nine operational zones.
• All City of Pismo Beach water zones meet reliability requirements for current demands .
• All booster pumps meet distribution system's current demands .
• All pipelines meet velocity requirements.
• All zones meet minimum pressure requirements. s
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• Total storage requirements include operational, fire and emergency storage .
• The system meets total storage requirements in all zones except for the Main Zone.
• Water can be moved from an adjacent zone to offset the storage deficit.
• The Charles Street Reservoir (tank) replacement will add 380,000 gallons, eliminating the deficit.
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Water Syster apabilitie Fire Flow
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According to the "City of Pismo Beach 2020 Water Master Plan" the following are Pismo's fire flow requirements in gallons per minute (gpm ) :
• Residential Areas : 1,500 gpm for 2 hours. • Each Fire Engine ( pumper truck) can move 1,500 to 2,000 gpm .
• Commercial Areas : 2,500 gpm for 3 hours.
• Downtown Area : 4,500 gpm for 4 hours.
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Water System Capabilities — ire Flow ( cont . ) The following is the testing protocol for the worst-case scenario :
• All sources of water are shut off.
• Pumping stations are off.
• Water storage reservoirs (tanks) are all half-full . • The system is run at full fire flow until it dips below 20 psi.
• The test is zone-specific (no additional water from adjacent zones) .
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Water System Capabilities — Fire Flow ( cont . ) The results of this testing show that :
• In the area around Five Cities Drive, the system could deliver 2,400 gpm instead of 2,500 gpm .
• In the Downtown area, the system could deliver 3,500 gpm instead of 4,500 gpm .
• This testing scenario is extremely conservative .
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Water System Capabilities — ire Flow ( cont . ) • Under normal operating conditions, and even with some of our system down, the water system can deliver enough water that CAL FIRE needs to fight fires. • All reservoirs (tanks) are usually kept between 2/3 full and 100 percent full .
• Even without electricity or generators, we receive State Water via gravity flow.
• There are multiple generators to provide power when lost.
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• The City has adequate water and pressure . It can also isolate some water lines and divert water to other areas if needed .
• Each fire engine is a " mobile" pumping station and can add velocity to the system to enhance fire flow, delivering between 1, 500 and 2,000 gpm at maximum output.
• There is a fire hydrant within 150 feet of any structure .
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Summary
CAL FIRE / Pismo Beach Fire Department Wildland Fire Safety Fire Hazardous Severity Zone Maps
City Initiated Activities
Fire Safe Council
Water System Capabilities
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