Safe separation distance score: a new metric for evaluating wildland firefighter safety zones using lidar

by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Risk Management

Safety zones are areas where firefighters can retreat to in order to avoid bodily harm when threatened by burnover or entrapment from wildland fire.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council has staff to help support communities interested in becoming certified in the Firewise USA program. Learn more about the program and the benefits it provides in this short video highlighting our local community. Click HERE to view the video created by Ethan Turpin from the Burn Cycle Project.