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California Technical Bulletin 117 (TB 117) is a California fire safety law, first implemented in 1975. It has recently been updated as a Technical Bulletin 117-2013. The law requires fabric to pass a smouldering test. The test exposes fabrics and foams to burning cigarettes for 45 minutes.
The most recent version of the code was the 2019 edition published January 1, 2020. Changes made to each edition are based on proposals made by state agencies. Proposals are presented to the California Building Standards Commission and must provide thorough justification for proposed changes.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as Cal Fire, [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state ...
9,907 wildfires burned at least 601,625 acres (2,434.69 km 2) of land in the state of California during 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage. [ 2 ]
The Rim Fire was a massive wildfire that started in a remote canyon in the Stanislaus National Forest in California's Tuolumne County.The fire ignited on August 17, 2013, amid the 2013 California wildfire season, and burned 257,314 acres (402 sq mi; 104,131 ha; 1,041 km 2) in largely remote areas of the Sierra Nevada, including a large portion of Yosemite National Park.
The Springs Fire was a wildfire in Ventura County, California in May 2013. Although the fire burned only 15 homes, [2] it threatened 4,000. This threat passed when rain shower from few narrow cold-frontal rainbands moved through the California area because of a low-pressure system off the coast. Some places got more than half an inch of rain.
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The Powerhouse Fire was a wildfire in northern Los Angeles County, California, mostly in the Angeles National Forest. It started at approximately 3:30 PM on May 30, 2013. It was 100% contained by June 10, 2013.