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Publication Review
Title: How
to Assess Your Property and Decrease the Chance of Wildfire Damage
Author: Missouri Department of Conservation, 2002
File: Free Guide, PDF 570 KB, 8 pages
Audience: For homeowners, builders and architects.
Review
A guide to assessing your home's wildfire risk. Included steps to reducing
risk.
Issues covered include:
- What is the wildland/urban interface?
- What is defensible space?
- The fire environment
- The three zones of defensible space
- Location of structure
- Firescaping
- Building and remodeling materials
- Access to your home
- Safety checklist
Detail drawings include:
- Diagram of classic wildland/urban interface
- Sketch of the fire environment
- Sketches explaining each of the three defensible zones
- Sketch showing dangerous vs safer building placement
- Sketch showing areas of home coordinated with checklist
Related Links
Firewise
Resource library and other information about wildfires
Institute for Business
and Home Safety
Features downloadable brochures about natural hazards including wildfires.
National
Database of State and Local Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Programs
A good place to find local programs and information about wildfire mitigation
Rocky
Mountain Wildfire Information
Database of information about wildfires and prevention
