Defensible Space Reduces Fuel Load – Clean and Green Landscape Around Your Home

Zone 1 + 30 feet

• Leaves cleared from foundation
• Clean gutters and roofs
• Limited shrubs against the house
• Use of fire resistive planting

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Zone 2 + 100 feet

• Clear understory ladder fuels
• Trim limbs to 6-10 ft above ground
• Clean up dead fall and fuel load

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Zone 3 + 200 feet

• Remove accumulated woody debris
• Thin small trees up to 6 inch diameter
• Reduce density of tall tree canopies

Link to Preparing Homes for Wildfire
Landscape/Construction Guide (pdf)
How to have a Firewise Home (pdf)