Linda Vista Families Take Proactive Steps to Protect Their Homes from Wildfire Danger?

8/20/2024 (Permalink)

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So far this wildfire season, there have been 2696 reported wildfires in California. Our local Mission Valley East team wants everyone in Linda Vista to be prepared for wildfires. After the area directly surrounding the house is cleared, the National Fire Protection Association recommends clearing the intermediate zone as follows:

Intermediate zone

5-30’ from the furthest exterior point of the home. Landscaping/hardscaping- employing careful landscaping or creating breaks that can help influence and decrease fire behavior

• Clear vegetation from under large stationary propane tanks.
• Create fuel breaks with driveways, walkways/paths, patios, and decks.
• Keep lawns and native grasses mowed to a height of four inches.
• Remove ladder fuels (vegetation under trees) so a surface fire cannot reach the crowns.  Prune trees up to six to ten feet from the ground; for shorter trees do not exceed 1/3 of the overall tree height.
• Space trees to have a minimum of eighteen feet between crowns with the distance increasing with the percentage of slope.
• Tree placement should be planned to ensure the mature canopy is no closer than ten feet to the edge of the structure.
• Tree and shrubs in this zone should be limited to small clusters of a few each to break up the continuity of the vegetation across the landscape.

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