Forest fires pose a serious threat to homes throughout the country.
In California alone, wildfires destroyed 1,100 homes in 1993, and many others were damaged or threatened. Most people don't fully recognize the danger fire presents in their wildland fire setting, or know what they can do to minimize the danger to their homes. Even more importantly, they don't realize that adequate fire protection does not exist to immediately protect all the homes in most rural areas. Rural Fire brings expertise gained over 35 years of wildland firefighting to assist with your home fire protection. We at FireReport wanted to bring you this article as an additional way to educate your community against wildland fire.