How to Prepare For a Wildfire
From your Forestry Guide

Protect you and your personal property from wildfire.

Time Required: One half day

1. Close all openings to your house and any other structures on your property. That includes all doors, windows and vents
2. Close any window glass protection like shutters, heavy drapes and blinds.
3. Test your water system to include valves, hose and pump.
4. Remove light, flammable curtains from the windows.
5. Fill buckets and other large containers with water.
6. Raise a ladder to the roof near a hose bib and take hose to roof.
7. Bring flammable outdoor furniture indoors.
8. Put as many vehicles as can be accommodated inside the garage.
9. Park all vehicles, including any in the garage, so that they are headed toward the evacuation route.
10. Cover windows with aluminum foil or other heat-reflective material.
    

Tips:

1. Firewise your landscape by keeping trees pruned, maintaining "fuel breaks", taking out "ladder" fuels and limiting vegetation to 30' around your home.

Related Information:

• The Firewise Landscape
  

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