Defensible Space Explained: What Homeowners Need to Clear, Trim, and Move
When a wildfire approaches, your home doesn’t need flames to touch it to burn. Embers traveling a mile or more ahead of the fire can land on your roof, pile against your siding, drop into dry gutters, or settle under your deck. Whether those embers ignite your home or burn out harmlessly depends almost entirely […]
Wildfire Home Hardening Basics for Homeowners in High-Risk Areas
Most people assume homes burn down in wildfires because flames reach the walls. That’s rarely how it happens. The most common source of home ignition is from embers Fire Safe Marin—burning fragments carried by wind, sometimes more than a mile ahead of the fire itself. Up to 60 percent of wildland urban interface home ignitions […]