Whenever homes and structures are built in rural areas, the potential for loss of life and property from wildfire exists.
Rural homeowners can protect their homes through simple fire wise landscaping techniques.
Fire wise landscaping can enhance the value and appeal of the home, while at the same time reducing the risk of wildfire by providing survivable space. Survivable space is an area around a structure in which the landscape has been managed to reduce the spread of a wildfire. It is designed to slow the spread of an approaching wildfire by keeping it on the ground, and limiting the amount of fuel available to the fire. Properly done, it can protect a structure from a wildfire even without fire department intervention. Within this zone, take steps to manage the landscape to reduce the amount of burnable vegetation.