The best way to protect your home from wildfire is to prepare before disaster strikes.
- Remove leaves and other debris from your roof and rain gutters.
- Keep 100 feet of "defensible space" around your home. Trim trees and vegetation away from the exterior of your home, rooftop, and chimney(s).
- Thin out combustible vegetation within 30 feet of roadways and driveways.
- Remove dead, dying or diseased trees.
- Trim tree branches 10 feet from rooftops, chimneys, and outdoor barbeques.
- Dispose of yard clippings, plant waste, trash, debris, and other combustible materials in an appropriate manner.
- Replenish dead and dying vegetation with fire-resistive trees and plants; do not replant with flammable vegetation.
- Combustible material must be kept at least 10 feet from propane tanks.
- Firewood should be neatly stacked with a minimum of 30 feet of clearance from structures.