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� - 4 - <br /> � areas of the city, including those lands sub�ect to inundation from <br /> flooding under extreme conditions. <br /> All other elements of the General Plan, and implementing laws and policies, <br /> should incorporate in their overall design provisions for the obviation <br /> of identified safety hazards. Major factors at this time that should be <br /> recognized are: <br /> 1) The prevention of fires where the potential hazard to certain <br /> classes of occupants is high, or where major economic losses <br /> to structures are possible. <br /> 2) Land Use controls that aid in the control and suppression of <br /> fires. <br /> 3) Tight control or prohibition of development in identified <br /> geologically hazardous areas. <br /> 4) Vehicular circulation patterns and system improvements that <br /> will protect, or improve co�unity emergency or disaster response <br /> capabilitieso <br /> IV. GENERAL FINDINGSo <br /> A. Identification of T�pical Fire Hazards. <br /> The Redwood City Fire Department in a recent comprehensive evaluation <br /> � of fire safety hazards as they might relate to Safety Element con- <br /> siderations of the Redwood City General Plan have identified some of <br /> the following typical. hazards. Some of these are also shown on <br /> "Location of Typical Safety Hazards". , <br /> 1) Substandard residential, commercial, and industrial structures. <br /> 2) General absence of built-in fire protection in highly flammable <br /> structures. <br /> 3) Chemical plants in close proximity to people-occupied land <br /> uses or upwind thereof. <br /> 4) Bulk fuel storage facilities not isolated from other possibly <br /> incompatible industrial uses. <br /> 5) Narrow fire access roads to some hillside residential structures. <br /> 6) Abnorma.11y wide, flame-trapping overhangs on residential struc- <br /> tures in wooded hillside areaso <br /> 7) Present unavailability of requisite specialized fire suppression <br /> equipment for hillside areas. <br /> 8) Flammable structures in areas with normally high wind conditions. <br /> 9) Unincorporated enclaves built to lower fire safety standards <br /> than generally applicable to present-day structures in Redwood <br />