Firewise – Expert Amateur

Assessment and plan—mitigating existing fire hazard

The first thing I want to do is recommend that you watch some of Fire Safe Marin’s excellent videos. If you want to create a defensible space around your home you need to understand what that means, and these videos do a great job of that. I’d start with this one, but they are all […]

Wildfire Mitigation with Firewise

Detection, Firewise, Wildfire Mitigation / Bill Babcock

To mitigate wildfire risks for homes and businesses, a comprehensive strategy focusing on defensible space, structural hardening, and proactive maintenance is essential. I’ve developed a 10-step plan based on wildfire resilience best practices from fire safety organizations and mitigation experts. I’m not an expert at this–far from it–so the first thing I did was study

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