Fire safety is paramount. It is therefore necessary to establish the persons responsible for managing fire safety and carrying out fire risk assessments for a building or premises.

This feed into Strategic Risk Assessment, where decisions are made about what we do and how best to prepare for the risk, I.e. SOP's, Training Information and supervision etc.

McIntyre is responsible for the Spokane Fire Department's annual Community Risk Assessment report. Some of the biggest risks are things you might expect, like building fires.

The diagram shows how the risk assessment and prioritization of risks feed into the entire CRR planning process. My next columns will continue to flesh out how the overall CRR planning process works.

In Novato, property owners can request free fire risk assessments from the fire district. They can also apply for a maximum $1,000 grant for vegetation removal or up to $2,500 for home hardening.