Topic: The Oakland/Berkley Hills Fire
Read the Oakland/Berkley Hills Fire case study on page 21 of Fire Protection Systems in United States Fire Administration, Technical Report Series, The East Bay Hills Fire, Oakland-Berkley, California, USFA-TR-060, October 1991 (US Department of Homeland Security, 1992).
What would you do as a fire protection specialist to reduce the amount of damage using the heat transfer methods for guidance when dealing with forest fire concerns in your jurisdiction? Explain your answer.