• Wildland Urban Interface
• Steps to Protect Your Home from Wildfire
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Steps to Protect Your Home from Wildfire

Things you can do to help protect your home from wildfire:

High cost actions (more than $500)

• Replace your roof with fire-resistant materials such as Class A shingles.
• Install a roof irrigation system to protect your home’s roof.
• Install an independent water supply for a sprinkler system with a non-electric (e.g., propane) powered pump capable of running un at tend ed for 24 hours.
• Replace wood or vinyl siding with non-flammable material.
• Replace single-pane glass windows and plastic sky lights with tempered, double-pane glass.
• Box in eaves, fascias, and soffits with aluminum or steel materials with metal screens to prevent entry of sparks.
• Improve driveway culverts and bridges to accommodate the weight of a fire truck.
• Relocate propane tanks inside the defensible space but at least 10’ from the house. Have non-flamma ble ground cover such as gravel around them for 10’.
• Have electric service lines to your house placed underground.
• Improve your driveway by straightening sharp curves and filling in sharp dips that would hinder a fire truck.

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