Defensible Space – Zone 1: Extends 30’ from all buildings, structures, decks, etc.

• Use non-combustible fencing or use 10’ of metal or composite fencing to connect wood fencing to the exterior of the structures.
  
• Remove all dead or dying vegetation.
  
• Trim tree canopies regularly to keep their branches a minimum of 10 feet from structures and other trees.
  
• Remove leaf litter (dry leaves, pine needles, etc.) from yard, roof and rain gutters.
  
• Relocate wood piles and other combustible materials to zone 2.
  
• Remove vegetation from around and under decking.
  
• Remove or prune vegetation from around windows.
  
• Remove “ladder fuels” (low level vegetation and branches that allow fire to spread from the ground to the tree canopy)
  

Defensible Space – Zone 2: Extends from zone 1 to 100’ from buildings, structures and decks. Reduce the continuity of fuels by removing dead material and thinning vegetation. Minimum spacing between plants should be 3 times the dimension of the plant.

• Remove “ladder fuels”
  
• Cut or mow annual grass to a maximum height of 4”
  
• Trim trees annually to keep their branches a minimum of 10’ from other trees.
  

If you live in a neighborhood against grassland or forests, make sure that a 30’-50’ community fire break is maintained.
 

Defensible Space – Zone 1: Extends 30’ from all buildings, structures, decks, etc.

• Use non-combustible fencing or use 10’ of metal or composite fencing to connect wood fencing to the exterior of the structures.
  
• Remove all dead or dying vegetation.
  
• Trim tree canopies regularly to keep their branches a minimum of 10 feet from structures and other trees.
  
• Remove leaf litter (dry leaves, pine needles, etc.) from yard, roof and rain gutters.
  
• Relocate wood piles and other combustible materials to zone 2.
  
• Remove vegetation from around and under decking.
  
• Remove or prune vegetation from around windows.
  
• Remove “ladder fuels” (low level vegetation and branches that allow fire to spread from the ground to the tree canopy)
  

Defensible Space – Zone 2: Extends from zone 1 to 100’ from buildings, structures and decks. Reduce the continuity of fuels by removing dead material and thinning vegetation. Minimum spacing between plants should be 3 times the dimension of the plant.

• Remove “ladder fuels”
  
• Cut or mow annual grass to a maximum height of 4”
  
• Trim trees annually to keep their branches a minimum of 10’ from other trees.
  

If you live in a neighborhood against grassland or forests, make sure that a 30’-50’ community fire break is maintained.