kasten says he walked outside on that day, and there was ash in his front yard. the sky was black. >>>>he >>still lives in the same home he did in 1991, and the fire risk is always on his mind, especially as he grows increasingly concerned about insurance rates going up and possibly being dropped from his coverage. where are we headed? why aren't we making fire risk and fire safety a priority? more of a priority. chief sprague is trying to do just that, and he's encouraging the community to embrace scientifically proven strategies to safeguard people and their structures. the first thing he's asking people to do is to make sure they have a plan to leave their homes in the berkeley hills. in the case of extreme fire events, the streets are narrow and it will be impossible to move everyone out at the last moment. when we issue preemptive advisory to leave early. when fire weather is known to be or forecasted, we really need people to take that seriously and consider leaving the hills so we can reduce the number of people that are left to evacuate. he's also asking people to establish