How To Protect Your Home During A Brush Or Wildfire

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How To Protect Your Home During A Brush Or Wildfire

Stacy Gerlich (Fire Captain & Paramedic) gives expert video advice on: How can I protect my home during a brush or wildfire?

How can I protect my home during a brush or wildfire?

Steps that you can take to prevent or mitigate potential problems or property loss as far as fire, would be making sure that you have a cleared space around your home. We would suggest a hundred feet, but if you live in an area where there's a very high severity of fire, in the mountain districts and so on, you need to have at least a two hundred foot clearance from your structure. When you're looking at trees and shrubs and all of those things, often people will store things outside of their home, next to the home. These are the kinds of things that you want to pay attention to and get rid of. The more space you have, the more clearance you have, and the better the chances that your structure will survive a fire should it come by that particular area.