Begin your work closest to your house and move outward. Keep working on the more difficult items until you have completed your entire project. Two factors have emerged as the primary determinants of a home's ability to survive wildfire. When your roof needs significant repairs or replacement, do so with a fire-resistant roofing material. Check with your county building department.
Some counties now restrict wood roofs or require specific classifications of roofing material.
Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. It also reduces the chance of a structure fire moving from the building to the surrounding forest. Defensible space provides room for firefighters to do their jobs. Your house is more likely to withstand a wildfire if grasses, brush, trees and other common forest fuels are managed to reduce a fire's intensity. Creating an effective defensible space involves developing a series of management zones in which different treatment techniques are used.