by firesafe | Mar 30, 2021 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
Click here for a great short video about how to prevent home ignition presented by the National Fire Protection Association and featuring Jack...
by bkvc | May 21, 2018 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire, Vegetation Management
Almost all vegetation will burn in severe conditions. But if you take wise actions about the plants around your home, you will greatly improve your property’s chances of surviving. Does this mean cutting down all the trees and bushes near your house? No. Wildfire...
by bkvc | May 11, 2018 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
In a large wildfire, firefighters from other counties may be assigned to your area. They will not know you or where your home is. There will not be enough fire engines to defend each home. In these situations firefighters must make quick decisions based on what they...
by bkvc | May 27, 2014 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
Homes are much more likely to burn due to small flying embers than to contact by large flames. Pushed by wind, embers often get inside attic vents and ignite homes from the inside. Sometimes those fires aren’t visible from outside for hours after the main fire passes....
by bkvc | Apr 29, 2014 | Home Hardening, Preparing For Fire
Every year homes are lost to fire because water was not available for firefighters.; firefighters couldn’t access the water because the tanks lacked the correct fittings. Our full-color pamphlet , Developing Water Supplies for Fire Protection, describes how to...
