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Zones for Wildfire Safety |
There are
three levels or zones of
fire safe clearing.
The purpose of these
zones is to progressively
starve the fire of the fuel
it needs to burn as it
approaches your home.
WITHIN 3 FEET OF YOUR HOUSE
Clearing this area will help prevent flames
from touching your home.
Remove EVERYTHING flammable: leaves, pine
needles, weeds, and wood chips!
Irrigated or native flowers, concrete pavers,
bricks, decorative gravel, or rock mulch are
good here -- and can be very attractive.
WITHIN 30 FEET (OR TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE)
Firefighters call
call this the “Lean, Clean, and Green” Zone. The better you maintain it, the better the chance your home will survive!
Remove most flammable vegetation -- make it Lean.
Clear out dead vegetation and flammable debris -- make it Clean.
Irrigate the plants that are there -- make it Green!
OUT TO 100 FEET (OR PROPERTY LINE)
This extended area, now required by state law,
can provide a crucial buffer between you and
a wildfire. Reduce the amount of flammable
vegetation here by 30% or so. This will reduce the
flames and heat coming near your home.
If you do your “homework” in this area, the flames
of an oncoming fire will drop down from the trees
to the ground and never reach your house.
Also see www.fire.ca.gov and www.firewise.org.
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