Some thoughts on Fire Safety in our communities. Please share yours.

[orbops]

we are in a typical Phoenix track home community with home after home close to each other with plants and trees planted right next to the houses. We have had almost no rain this winter and its been very dry even for the desert...

There was a recent article in the AZ Republic, the Republican legislature wants to protect utilities from lawsuits if their equipment starts a fire.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2025/02/05/az-republicans-push-bill-protecting-utilities-over-wildfire/78209826007/

 

[indiajust]

i live in soggy NH, where you cannot escape the sound of running water. it drips, it freezes, it cracks it oozes. nothing could possibly burn here, outside of a good fireplace and dry pellets/firewood/LP assist.

 

[Koolau]

i live in soggy NH, where you cannot escape the sound of running water. it drips, it freezes, it cracks it oozes. nothing could possibly burn here, outside of a good fireplace and dry pellets/firewood/LP assist.

That's what I would have thought when I first moved to Hawaii. But I found out, for all the rain we were getting on the Windward side, the leeward side can be desert.