Napa County officials plan to spend $42.5 million over five years to ...
April 07, 2021 On Tuesday, the Napa County Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed a proposal to reduce fuel – and fire risks in a county where deadly wildfires have destroyed houses, wineries and other properties. The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation, a volunteer organization whose members include firefighters, vintners and other business leaders, commissioned the 18-month study that used remote sensing technology called Lidar to predict fire behavior given the county’s fuel conditions. The document, known as the Napa County Community Wildfire Protection Plan, has led to th...
Source: winebusiness.com