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CSLB
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California State Code of Regulations, Title 16, Division 8, Article 3, listing requirements for plumbing contractors.
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State of California Division of the State Architect
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Webpage with certification requirements for excess flow and earthquake valves from California's Division of the State Architect (DSA).
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PG&E
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Guidelines from PG&E outlining how to stay safe during a flood event by shutting off natural gas and electric service to the home.
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University of Sydney,
University of Copenhagen,
University of Montreal,
Monash University,
The Lancet Planetary Health,
The Lancet Group
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Study testing the effect of fan cooling on healthy adults at increased ambient temperatures.
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NREL
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Fact sheet providing information on building-scale and utility-scale battery storage for disaster resistance.
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ICC Evaluation Service
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ICC-ES Evaluation Report reviewing proprietary steel shear wall panels developed by Simpson Strong-Tie Company to resist vertical and lateral loads in walls resulting from wind or earthquakes.
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CSU
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Website for gas utility customers describing the installation of excess flow valves to stop the flow of natural gas into a home in the event of a line rupture.
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KUB
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Webpage describing what excess flow valves are, how they work, and the installation process.
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City of Ellensburg
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Flyer from the City of Ellensburg WA describing what an excess flow valve is, how they work, and associated costs.
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TECO
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Utility webpage describing the monetary costs associated with excess flow valves for TECO in Florida.
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III
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Webpage with statistics on recent U.S. wildfires.
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PG&E
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Webpage describing the safety hazards associated with natural gas and tips on how to avoid these hazards by a step process of turning off natural gas service to a home and restoring service afterwards.
How To Shut Off Your Natural Gas In An Emergency – Learn How To Locate And Shut Off Your Natural Gas
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SoCalGas
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Webpage describing how to locate and manually shut off natural gas service at the meter.
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USFA
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Webpage from USFA compiling resources from across the U.S. on Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) information.
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IBHS
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Webpage describing ways builders and communities an reduce wildfire risk.
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IBHS,
NFPA
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Fact sheet describing research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety into how burning embers can ignite softwood decks like redwood and cedar and how to minimize the likelihood these decks will be ignited by embers.
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NW Natural
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Webpage from NW Natural on how to prepare homes with natural gas service for earthquakes and floods, what to do during an emergency, and how to respond after the emergency has passed.
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Town of Danville CA
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Brochure for natural gas utility customers describing seismic valves and excess flow valves for homes.
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LASFM
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Site showing flame spread ratings and definitions for common building materials.
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FEMA
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Factsheet describing the flood-resistant provisions of the 2021 International Codes and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 24-14, Flood Resistant Design and Construction, that are “higher standards” and that are more specific than the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements.
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FEMA
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Report summarizing the wind-resistant provisions of the 2015 edition of the International Building Code.
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State of California,
Cal Fire
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Webpage offering recommendations to homeowners and contractors for retrofitting a home to make it more resistant to wildfires.
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PG&E
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Description
Webpage describing when and how to safely turn off the natural gas to the home during an emergency.
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GNWT ECC
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Website describing how wildfires spread and how fuels, weather, and topography influence fires.
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SoCalGas
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Webpage detailing how to purchase and install the correct shut-off valve for homes in California, including differences between earthquake and excess flow valves and how to install each.
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FEMA
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Report covering the planning, design, construction, and operation of residential and community safe rooms. Written for architects, engineers, building officials, local officials and emergency managers, and prospective safe room owners and operators.
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NFPA
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Factsheet describing defensible space and wildfire risk reduction steps that homeowners can take to make their homes safer during a wildfire.
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City of Malibu
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Fact sheet for natural gas customers describing city’s seismic gas shut-off valve requirements.
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IBHS
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A webpage providing guidance on increasing the wildfire resistance of a home.
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NWCG
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Online course describing the behavior of wildfires for firefighters.
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City of Gresham,
State of Oregon
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A guideline containing fire sprinkler insulation requirements from the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department.
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SIPA
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Test results used by multiple structural insulated panel manufacturers confirming a one-hour fire rating for specific SIP assemblies.
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CCHRC
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Webpage describing how different amounts and types of snow loads affect the structural integrity of roofs and homes.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet describing residential tornado safe room doors.
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ICC
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2018 edition of code establishing a baseline for existing building retrofits to reach appropriate safety levels under new construction requirements covered in other ICC codes.
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FEMA
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Fact sheet discussing designs for prefabricated safe rooms built to ICC 500 standards mentioned in FEMA P-361.
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FEMA
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Report presenting safe room designs and showing the homeowner and builder/contractor or local design professional how to construct a safe room for a home or small business.
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NFPA
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Articles, research, case studies, and more outlining considerations for planning and installation of a fire-protection system.
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Bill requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as a dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers to include testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market; passed...
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IBHS
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Report covering reducing risk from flooding.
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CAL FIRE OSFM
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California Office of the State Fire Marshal's homepage for the Building Materials Listing Program, providing builders, contractors, architects, and others with access to a database of fire alarm systems and fire-resistant construction materials including roof coverings, wall, ceiling, and floor...
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Cal Fire,
CAL FIRE OSFM
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California Office of the State Fire Marshal's compiled and searchable list of different building materials and their test results for fire resistance.
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University of Florida IFAS Extension
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This document covers how broken windows can allow wind and rain inside the house and even lead to roof failure.
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City of Plymouth,
State of Minnesota
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City of Plymouth webpage providing information on the Plymouth Community Center Project.
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U.S. Fire Administration
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A webpage that provides wildfire preparedness and safety pictographs.
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Society of Building Science Educators,
SBSE,
University of California Los Angeles,
UCLA
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Climate Consultant is a software tool for helping architects, builders, contractor, homeowners, and students to understand their local climate.
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SIPA
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Article in the SIPA Technical Bulletin (No. 11) comparing the earthquake resistance of light-frame wood shear wall construction to residential construction with structural insulated panels (SIPS).
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NFPA
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NFPA standard for indoor automatic fire sprinkler design and installation, focused on residential dwellings.
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NFPA
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NFPA standard for indoor automatic fire sprinkler design and installation for low-rise residential occupancies.