01/02/2026
Defensible Space Guideline! Easy to follow and things you can do now to protect your home! Call us for your free assessment for tree mitigation!
Wildfire Safety Starts at Your Home 🏡🔥
1️⃣ Embers are the real danger
Wildfires don’t need flames at your door. Wind can carry embers for miles, and they love landing in dirty gutters.
That pile of leaves you meant to clean last fall? Yeah… embers love that 😬
2️⃣ Right on the house = ember trap zone
Clear leaves and needles from the roof and gutters.
Trim branches back at least 10 feet from the roof and chimney.
If it can touch your house, it can light it.
3️⃣ The first 30 feet = home defense zone
Keep it lean, clean, and green.
Mow dry grass, remove weeds, and clear dead leaves and limbs.
Prune tree branches 6–10 feet up so fire can’t climb like a ladder.
Space tree crowns about 10–12 feet apart so fire can’t hop tree to tree.
4️⃣ Firewood has to move
Stacks of wood next to the house look cozy… until they don’t.
Store firewood at least 30 feet away.
5️⃣ Beyond 30 feet = intensity reducer
Thin dense trees and brush if you have the space.
Always remove the debris — leaving dry piles defeats the purpose.
6️⃣ The quick weekend reality check
Clean roof and gutters
Cut back overhanging branches
Mow and clear dry vegetation
Limb up trees
Space shrubs and trees
Move firewood away
Most people do half of this and wonder why fires still spread 😅
Small steps close to the house make the biggest difference. Start where you live, then work outward.
