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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A caller survey of the astir susceptible cities successful the United States for location fires has ranked 2 Central Valley cities among the nation's apical 30 - and different California metropolis arsenic the slightest susceptible successful the country.
According to homegnome.com, their methodology determined the factors that are astir applicable to fertile the Most Vulnerable Cities for House Fires and past assigned a value to each origin based connected its value and grouped those factors into categories.
The categories utilized included:
- Fire risk
- Fire prevention and extortion services
- Fire effect and recovery
- Housing characteristics
- Demographic vulnerability
Data for the categories came from sources including:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Fire Administration
While determination were nary cities from the Central Valley connected the list's apical 10, Visalia ranked astatine 11 wide with Fresno coming successful astatine fig 29.
At the apical of the list, the metropolis considered the slightest susceptible for location fires successful the state was besides successful California. Sacramento was ranked the slightest susceptible metropolis for location fires owed to having the astir occurrence stations per 100,000 residents and vocation firefighters per 100,000 households.
While statistic whitethorn not needfully beryllium origin for concern, the survey notes that housefires are unpredictable and you tin ne'er beryllium excessively informed oregon excessively prepared.
