How To Create a Fire-Wise Landscape

Inflammables

Clear a 30-foot area around your home, reducing flammable vegetation. To avoid the "scorched earth" look, work with inflammable floorings such as tile and stone, add gravel around plantings and use plants with low fuel/high moisture content such as fleshy succulents. Keep your garden tidy and trim overgrown trees. Eliminate flammable materials near the house such as wood decking and wood furniture. 

Firescaping

Firescaping incorporates the design of the landscape and property surrounding a home to lessen its susceptibility to fire. This can be achieved through a well-thought-out landscape design plan that specifies less combustible plants, incorporates fire-resistant materials and follows the advice and guidelines determined by fire-safe organizations.

Fire-Wise Plants

-wiseFire-resistant plants are those that do not readily ignite from a flame or other ignition sources. These plants can be damaged or even killed by fire; however, their foliage and stems do not significantly contribute to the fuel and, therefore, the fire's intensity. There are several other significant factors that influence the fire characteristics of plants, including plant moisture content, age, total volume, dead material, and chemical content.

Preparedness

You can take all the precautions in the world to ensure you plant fire-resistant plants, but wildfires can devastate neighborhoods so make sure you are familiar with potential natural disasters and that you have adequate homeowners insurance coverage.  
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