Some steps to protect your home from wildfires

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Some steps to protect your home from wildfires

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If flames ignite the Santa Cruz Mountains, Cal Fire captain and local resident Scott Green knows that firefighters may be unable to save everything that needs saving. So his rural home protects itself. He shows us how to took defensive steps.
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For more steps on how to protect your home check out the links bellow:
Cal Fire’s “Ready, Set, Go!” instructions: www.readyforwil...
Learn how to prepare your home for wildfires: www.nfpa.org/-...
Local Fire Safe Councils, which help with fuel reduction and education programs, may be willing to do a friendly walk-about around your home. Find your council at: www.cafiresafec....
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@dabomb7887 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of good tips here, as A firefighter myself I have seen reducing the number of trees on your immediate property, the 10-ft rule, short and watered grass, or no grass being a big factor. Another factor that really helps is not having brush or fuel for the fire next to your home. Metal roofs work the best, composite siding, part of the reason pole barns survive so well is it's all around metal siding.

@j.b.2263 3 жыл бұрын

And clean your rain gutters at least at the start of fire season. Its incredible the amount of houses that would go untouched yet have burnt do to the amount of fuel in the rain gutters.

@theviking2877 3 жыл бұрын

If you live near the force, collect rain waters. Get cisterns with at least 20,000 gallon capacity. Have the tank full during fire season and use up the water to wet everything down during a fire.

@ryve4523 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to get a pump with multiple hose connections so people can help spray everything

@KieraCameron514 2 жыл бұрын

When I have my house built, I want to build it with a steel frame, masonry exterior, and cement fiber board interior walls to protect from fires starting from the inside or from the outside. Where I live doesn't have a major wildfire hazard because it rains a lot here and the forests are mostly deciduous hardwood and we get nearly no dry lightning, but still fires can starts from the inside.

@greengay4924 3 жыл бұрын

My dad and I have been doing this for years we have at least 200 feet of our so called “safety zones” our first line of defense tho is a thick fresh line of blackberry bushes that have stopped the Eagle Creek fire from burning into our land a few years back. This man is lucky tho especially since he has a pond right there. He can hook up a water pump and connect a fire hose to help protect his property Incase of a fire.

@ChiDuly 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh so blackberry bushes are a good barrier? i didnt know this. I was getting mixed answers about this on google. My whole backline of my property is blackberry bushes. good to know.

@greengay4924 3 жыл бұрын

Chi Duly yes it depends. The eagle creek fire started in September. And our blackberry bushes were super fresh. So the fire was slowed down a lot for fire crews to spray water on it.

@notoriousresearcher 4 ай бұрын

These are helpful but mostly applicable to rural properties with huge lots. Are there some additional tips for protecting suburban homes in closer proximity to each other with smaller lots?