Preparation includes building a fuel break around your home as well as making sure there is access for firefighters and an escape route should a fire threaten, he said. You have a plan. Of course, you hope it never happens. A ham radio operator, Luthy moved to the rural area so he could erect his antennas without bothering neighbors. We also have several large dogs that like to bark at the moon.
Nobody seems to mind except the coyotes.
In addition to hiring a forester to thin the forest on their acreage to reduce the fire hazard, the Epsteins built a home that is definitely not fire-friendly. Then you hope that, when a fire comes, the winds don t produce a crown fire.