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PLANNING AHEAD FOR SURVIVAL
RISK
ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST
In a large wildfire, firefighters from other counties may be assigned
to your area. They will not know you or where your home is. There will
not be enough fire engines to defend each home. In these situations
firefighters must make quick decisions based on what they see as they
drive down your road. If your home looks savable - if the driveway is
wide, vegetation is cleared back from the house, and there's room for
a fire engine to turn around - an engine will likely be assigned to
your home. If your home can't be seen, or it is surrounded by thick
brush, your home may be passed by as "indefensible" -- too dangerous
for firefighters to try to defend. This assessment should help you make
your home a defensible "keeper"
Risk Assessment Checklist
CREATING A SAFETY ZONE
Safety zones are places where the fuel, the flammable items like grass, brush, etc., have been removed so the fire
cannot burn there. When a fire arrives at an area with no fuel, it will burn
around the area, but not through it. The people in the middle of a good
safety zone will feel the fire's heat and wind, but should not be burned
by it.
Creating a Safety Zone
FIRE PROTECTION WATER SUPPLIES
In rural Mendocino County water for fire suppression is often hard to
come by. Many homes have thousands of gallons of water stored in tanks
that can't be used by the fire department because they lack the necessary
fittings. Property owners involved in building new homes often overlook
simple and inexpensive features that can make their domestic water supply
extremely functional for fire suppression. Every year in California
homes are lost to fire that could easily have been saved if water supply
for fire protection had been provided.
Fire Protection Water Supplies
HORSE OWNER PREPAREDNESS
Emergency responders are trained to care for your life and your property.
They are typically not trained to care for your animals. While many
of their skills and tools work for both animals and humans, they don't
know enough to be safe around the animals and they end up injuring themselves,
the animals and possibly bystanders. The most important thing you can
do to help ensure the safety of your horses in a wildland fire is to
be prepared.
Horse Owner Preparedness
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