Fire Prevention / Firewise Services For Skagit County Including Anacortes, Mount Vernon, Burlington
and Sedro Woolley
FIRE PREVENTION / FIREWISE BEST PRACTICES
DWELLINGS LOST TO WILDLAND FIRE
Studies show as many as 80 percent of homes lost to wildland fire may have been saved if brush around the homes was cleared away, thereby creating a defensible space around structures on the property.
Each year wildland fires consume homes in the wildland-urban interface area, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. A wildland-urban interface area is defined as an area where homes are built near, or among, lands that are prone to wildland fire.
HOW DOES FORESTRY MULCHING HELP PREVENT THE LOSS OF PROPERTY?
The practice of forestry mulching assists in fire prevention and protecting your structures by removing combustible materials that are near a structure. This is an important service Bell Forestry Mulching provides property owners. Working with, and for, the Department of Natural Resources, Travis Crabb has extensive experience in fire prevention and firewise practices that can help reduce the chance of losing your dwelling due to wildland fires.
WHAT IS "FIREWISE" FORESTRY MULCHING?
Firewise forestry mulching is a term used to describe the reduction of fuel surrounding a dwelling by limiting the amount of flammable vegetation and materials surrounding the structure. The the moisture content of remaining vegetation is also increased. A "home ignition zone" includes the structure, plus the area surrounding the dwelling up to 100 – 200 feet. Where the risk of wildfire is high, some parts of the country extend the home ignition zone up to 200 feet beyond the structure.
Firewise techniques include minimizing the risk of home ignition by carefully landscaping around residential structures such as thinning trees and brush and choosing fire-resistant plants, selecting ignition-resistant building materials and positioning structures away from slopes.
Fire prevention and firewise practices can help reduce the risk of fire destroying your valuable possessions.
Please call us for more information, or visit these informative websites:
https://www.dnr.wa.gov/firewise
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA
DWELLINGS LOST TO WILDLAND FIRE
Studies show as many as 80 percent of homes lost to wildland fire may have been saved if brush around the homes was cleared away, thereby creating a defensible space around structures on the property.
Each year wildland fires consume homes in the wildland-urban interface area, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. A wildland-urban interface area is defined as an area where homes are built near, or among, lands that are prone to wildland fire.
HOW DOES FORESTRY MULCHING HELP PREVENT THE LOSS OF PROPERTY?
The practice of forestry mulching assists in fire prevention and protecting your structures by removing combustible materials that are near a structure. This is an important service Bell Forestry Mulching provides property owners. Working with, and for, the Department of Natural Resources, Travis Crabb has extensive experience in fire prevention and firewise practices that can help reduce the chance of losing your dwelling due to wildland fires.
WHAT IS "FIREWISE" FORESTRY MULCHING?
Firewise forestry mulching is a term used to describe the reduction of fuel surrounding a dwelling by limiting the amount of flammable vegetation and materials surrounding the structure. The the moisture content of remaining vegetation is also increased. A "home ignition zone" includes the structure, plus the area surrounding the dwelling up to 100 – 200 feet. Where the risk of wildfire is high, some parts of the country extend the home ignition zone up to 200 feet beyond the structure.
Firewise techniques include minimizing the risk of home ignition by carefully landscaping around residential structures such as thinning trees and brush and choosing fire-resistant plants, selecting ignition-resistant building materials and positioning structures away from slopes.
Fire prevention and firewise practices can help reduce the risk of fire destroying your valuable possessions.
Please call us for more information, or visit these informative websites:
https://www.dnr.wa.gov/firewise
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA
