California Gardening - Landscaping for Fire Protection

Landscaping for Fire Protection

Through proper planning, you can have both a beautiful landscape and a fire safe zone around your home. The resources, below, will help you create that defensible space.

Landscaping Tips to Help Defend Your Home from Wildfire (pdf) - UC
Estrategias para proteger su hogar de incendios de maleza (pdf) - UC
Center for Fire Research and Outreach - UC, includes resources en Español
El Dorado County Master Gardeners Fire Resistant Landscaping - UC
Wildland Fire - Los Angeles County Cooperative Extension - UC
General Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space (pdf) - BOF & CAL FIRE
Home Landscaping for Fire (pdf) - UC
Homeowners Check List - How to Make Your Home Fire Safe - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (pdf) - CAL FIRE
Making Your Property Fire-Safe (pdf) - UC
S.A.F.E. Landscapes in the WUI (pdf) - UC
Why 100 Feet? - Because Defensible Space is YOUR Responsibility (pdf) - CAL FIRE
Why 100 Feet? - Make your Home Fire Safe (pdf) - CAL FIRE
Proteja su propiedad de los incendios de maleza (A Property Owner's Guide to Reducing Wildfire Threat) - UC
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Fire Safety Education en Español (CAL FIRE)
Homeowners Wildlfire Mitigation Guide - UC
A Property Owner's Guide to Reducing Wildfire Threat - UC
Are You Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way? - Equipment Use (pdf) CAL FIRE
Defensible Space Landscaping in the Urban/Wildland Interface: A compilation of fire performance ratings of residential landscape plants (pdf) - UC
Fire in California's Oak Woodlands (pdf) - UC

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