Wildland Preparedness Tips

  • Post your address on your driveway entrance and home
  • Provide good access to your home and/or shop for firefighting apparatus
  • Maintain a 30-foot defensible space around your home by cutting long grass or overgrown brush
  • Keep lawns well-watered
  • Prune or remove trees and shrubs close to your home
  • Clean gutter and roofs of any debris
  • Screen off crawl spaces, attics and decks to keep them free of debris, as well as flying embers
  • Do NOT store combustibles, such as wood piles, under your deck or near your home

National Fire Protection Association

Ready.gov

Firewise Communities

Washington State Department of Natural Resources

National Interagency Fire Center

NFPA – Fire Causes and Risks

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