Will Irvine's Meticulous Planning Become a Model for Building Fire Resistant Communities in California?

Will Irvine's Meticulous Planning Become a Model for Building Fire Resistant Communities in California?

Northern Irvine community of Orchard Hills A recent LA Times article suggested that Irvine’s meticulous planning and strict regulations could become a model for other California cities that want to build fire-resistant neighborhoods.   Four years before the Palisades and Eaton fires swept through Los Angeles, Irvine faced the Silverado fire that threatened homes in the northern Irvine community of Orchard Hills. Residents were evacuated and the…