How to Maintain Your Defensible Space
Simple projects around your property can be the most important steps you take to protect your property from wildfire.
Projects to help home and business owners protect their property from damage caused by natural disasters.
Simple projects around your property can be the most important steps you take to protect your property from wildfire.
Back Before a winter weather event 1. Monitor the weather Find a reliable source for severe weather information. Follow the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) on Facebook or Twitter and your local NWS office. Tune in to local news often when winter weather is forecast. Enable wireless…
Back Winter weather causes slippery conditions, structural damage to buildings from excessive snow loads, water damage from frozen pipes, and can create dangerous ice dams on the roof. Here are five larger improvement projects to prepare your home for the winter season. 1. Upgrade your windows and/or doors Create a…
Back Winter weather causes slippery conditions, structural damage to buildings from excessive snow loads, water damage from frozen pipes, and can create dangerous ice dams on the roof. Here are nine ways you can prepare your home for the winter season. 1. Assess your home’s exposure and know what to do…
How to reduce wildfire risks for farm and ranch owners.
Your roof is your home’s first line of defense against damage from severe weather. Not all roofs are built to the same standard. It’s more than shingles. It’s a system of protection and you have options about which standard you use. A roof built to a strong standard gives your family extra protection, regardless of…
Create Defensible Space Maintain 3 zones around your structure, collectively called defensible space. Remove dead vegetation. Trim branches overhanging roof. Remove combustible materials in the 0-5 FT zone. Click here to learn more about building and maintaining defensible space. Maintain Roof & Gutters Debris (including leaves and pine needles from nearby and overhanging trees) will…
Follow these recommendations to prevent roof damage. 1 Evaluate your risk Melting snow tends to more quickly run off steep sloped roofs with slopes greater than 3 inches of slope in 12 inches of horizontal distance, particularly the steeper ones that are typically found on houses in northern climates. Ice and snow tend to more…
EVACUATE! You and your family’s life is most important— evacuate as soon as you’re told to. What is a Fire Retardant Gel? A gel applied to a home to prevent wildfire from burning/damaging a structure. Time Is Against You Fire retardant gels dehydrate, sometimes quickly. They can lose their effectiveness after only a few hours.…
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