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Originally Posted by techweenie
Back in '84, when I moved to the Santa Monica mountains, the fire department encouraged those of us with swimming pools to buy floating pumps to defend our properties. At least one Palisades resident was interviewed & stated he stayed with his home and used swimming pool water to save his house. In '93, there was a Malibu resident who saved his and 3 other houses using swimming pool water.
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There is that iconic photo from the Laguna Hills fire back in 1993. I forget what the back story was on the house, perhaps masonry construction. There was discussion about Ice Plant being a fire retardant landscaping but not sure if it applied here.
