Riverside Fire Department to Highlight `Defensible Space' Requirements

Riverside Fire Department to Highlight `Defensible Space' Requirements

With wildfire season fast approaching, Riverside Fire Department officials will be initiating citywide inspections to ensure residential and commercial properties maintain appropriate “defensible space,” which will be outlined Tuesday during a City Council hearing. “Riverside’s extensive wildland-urban interface … Santa Ana wind exposure and high ignition potential continue to present wildfire risk across multiple wards,” according to an agency …