Defensible Space
What you can do around your home to help firefighters protect your home from wildfire, including Firewise landscaping.
Driveway & Road Standards
Useful information on Defensible Space
- Why 100 Feet Brochure
- Why 100 Feet Brochure in Spanish
- General Guidelines For Creating Defensible Space
- Public Resource Code 4291 - PRC 4291
- Defensible Space. Wildfire Is Coming. Are You Ready? - CAL FIRE
- Defensible Space Zones - Insurance Institut for Business and Home Safety
- Ready, Set, Go! Your Personal Wildfire Action Plan - CAL Fire
- Take Responsibility Brochure - BLM
Firewise Landscaping
Work with nature and choose plants that are climate and soil adapted. Incorporating fire safe concepts into the residential landscape is one of the most important ways you can help your home survive a wildfire. Creating an area of defensible space does not mean you need a ring of bare dirt around your home. Through proper planning, you can have both a beautiful landscape and a fire safe home.
