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Publication Review

Title: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones
Author: Colorado State University, 2006
File: Free Guide, PDF 440 KB, 6 pages
Audience: For homeowners, builders and architects.

Review
A short guide to creating defensible space around homes subject to wildfire danger. Increasing a home's ability to survive a wildfire.

Issues covered include:

• Defining defensible space
• Defensible space management zones, zones 1, 2 & 3
• Prescriptions for each zone
• Special recommendations for vegetation types
• Maintaining your defensible space, checklist
  

Detail drawings include:

• Diagrams of defensible zones
• Diagrams of tree spacing
  

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