House Roof

- Remove tree branches from within 10 feet of your roof
- Remove dead leaves and pine needles from your roof.
- Check your roofing material, you can install fire resistant roof materials, ask your local fire department for advice.

Yard/Garden

- Don’t put any woodpiles within 30 feet of any structure
- Clear any dry or dead grass or brush. This is usually very easy to do!
- Keep your gas powered BBQ (butane or propane) at least 30 feet from your house or any structures.

Landscape

- The phrase most used here is “defensible space” (also known as a “fuel modification zone”). This means removing all flammable vegetation from 100 feet of your house and any other structures on your property.
- Fire resistant plants can be useful, we’ll look at that in another post.
- Trees should be space at least 10 feet apart.
- Trees over 18 feet should have no branches closer than 6 feet to the ground.

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• A list of where important things are in your house.
• Doctors name, and medications that you’re taking.
• Insurance papers.
• Trust Deeds.
• Passport.
• In case of emergency contact names and location.
• Your evacuation route and where you’re going to go.
• Videotape the outside and inside of your house. This is great for insurance purposes if the unfortunate occurs.

You can also put items in your car, such as:

• Medications
• Glasses
• Batteries
• Food and water
• Spare clothes
• Flashlight/torch

Hopefully you’ll never need it, but you’ll be thankful you took the time if you do.

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