Are you interested in becoming a licensed family child care provider? If you enjoy working with children and are interested in starting a small business, the City of Irvine encourages you to consider the many benefits of becoming a licensed provider. Not only can this offer new challenges and increased income, it can also be fulfilling to serve the needs of children and families.
Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. Not all floods are alike, however. The size can vary greatly, affecting only a small neighborhood or multiple states. Some floods rise slowly over several days due to heavy rain, rapid snow melt, etc.
Historical outbreaks of infectious disease throughout the world attest to our continuing vulnerability. Social changes may contribute to an increase in the risk of new or re-emerging diseases. Mass population movements, rural-to-urban migration and accelerated urbanization, population growth, rapid transport, global trade, new food technologies, and new life styles have resulted in contact between more people at faster rates than at any other time in history.
Many residents in Irvine live in what is known as the Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI). The WUI is the area where structures and other human developments meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or areas with heavy vegetation.
Each year, many homes across the United States have been lost to WUI fires. Most fires are caused by lightning, but some are also caused by human activity in the WUI.