08/11/2018
Create a safety zone during Wildfires
The best way to protect your home from a wildfire is to remove or reduce the potential fuel within a 30-feet safety zone around your home. (If you live in a high-risk area, increase the safety zone to 100 feet):
Remove vines from house walls.
Move shrubs and other landscaping away from your house walls.
Remove highly flammable and low-branched trees, such as evergreens, eucalyptus, and juniper.
For remaining trees, remove limbs within 15 feet of the ground.
Clear tree debris, such as fallen limbs, leaves, and pine needles and cones.
Move stacked wood outside the safety zone.
Pay special attention to clearing debris beneath decks and other overhangs.
Consider removing wooden exterior structures, such as decks and patios, or replacing them with more fire resistant materials.
Install non-combustible roofing and siding materials, such as metal, slate, or concrete.
Clear debris from gutters.
Install electrical lines underground, if possible.
You may also want to collect some basic firefighting tools, including hoses, buckets, shovels, axes, rakes, and saws. However, do not attempt to fight large, fast-moving wildfires on your own.
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