A Handy Guide to Sustainable Defensible Space

A Handy Guide to Sustainable Defensible Space

What is a moonscape and is it important? What are your thoughts on “gorilla hair mulch”? Do you know if you’ve got “Ladder fuel” laying around your property?   If only there were a Defensible Space guide that demystified the jargon and helped us understand...

Defensible Space

We moved here because we love the forest…   Now we need to learn how to live within our Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) in a way that protects our homes and improves the health of the forest around it. Living in a forest in today’s world of climate change...
The Time for Fire Mitigation is NOW!

The Time for Fire Mitigation is NOW!

The fires blazing elsewhere in California are sobering reminders to continue making your home more fire-resilient, step by step. It is no longer a question of whether defensible space and home hardening work; it boils down to what you can afford, what you can do...

Incentive Project Key Points

Homes require an assessment to qualify. This can be a Calfire or local fire department, or other qualified assessment or Safer West County and your local Fire Safe organization can help you get a free assessment. Once approved, homeowners can hire the contractor of...