If your answer is yes, your fire risk is greater than average. Contact your local fire department for fire hazard ratings in your neighborhood. Plan your landscape to reduce the amount of flammable vegetation nearest your home. Establish defensible space. Consider consulting your local nursery or a landscape contractor to help plan your landscape.
Fire needs fuel to burn.
You can sap its strength by robbing it of the continuous sequence of vegetation that can carry flames from your landscape to your house. Space trees at least 10 feet apart, and keep branches trimmed at least 10 feet from your roof. For trees taller than 18 feet, prune lower branches within six feet of the ground. Install fire resistant, drought-tolerant plants that have a high moisture content. Use plants that do not accumulate dead leaves or twigs.