FIREWISE
1942 Provide leadership, technical, educational and financial assistance to landowners and land users in their utilization and management of natural resources. We serve the citizens of our community to ensure the long term use of natural resources in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner using non-regulatory, voluntary approaches.
Three ways wildfire threatens a house...
First, direct flame contact...
AP Photo Elaine Thompson
Second, radiated heat ...
Third, flying firebrands.
Defensible Space...
How far for Defensible Space?
5 F Feet eet Fir ire e Free ree
30 F Feet eet
Ladder Fuels
30 30-100 00 Feet eet
LANDSCAPING OPTIONS – LEAN, CLEAN, GREEN Xeriscaping is one option and is the process of creating a landscape or garden that is designed to use the least amount of water possible. help reduce the amount of water wasted aid in energy conservation reduce amount of fertilizers and pesticides used
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XER ERISCAPE ISCAPE TIP IPS Zo Zoning ning--grouping plants in the landscape according to their water requirements.
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