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Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of a wildfire toward the building. 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 home is more likely to withstand a wildfire if grass, brush, trees and other fuels are managed to reduce a fire’s intensity. Proper landscaping techniques applied before a wildfire may be the only protection against destruction. Mowing, pruning and thinning trees, as well as proper plant selection and irrigation should be routine. Statistics show that homes with a defensible space have a greater chance of survival.
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