The Heat is On: How Wildfires Affect Onsite Systems

Wildfires have become a year-round fact of life in California and other parts of the western United States, and while property owners cope with the hardships, onsite companies deal with fire effects, too. Onsite systems may seem protected because so much is buried in the earth, but that isn’t the case for some components and anything that’s above ground is at risk. Even if flames don’t directly touch a system component, equipment is still vulnerable. In Santa Rosa, California, operators of BDK Septic Service Benny and Chris Karnes saw firsthand what wildfires can do when two blazes converged on their