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rockies
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2015 21:16
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This is an article on "humidity domes" which is a method I saw featured on the TV news. A cabin owner saved his cabin from being burned to the ground in this summers BC Canada forest fires by creating a "humidity dome" over the cabin.
http://www.cabinlife.com/DIY%20and%20Advice/Safety%20and%20Security/2009/04/Protect%2 0Your%20Cabin%20from%20Wildfires.aspx
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 14 Jul 2015 08:55
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I've thought about putting a couple of sprinklers at the ends of my gable-roofed ridge, but the systems described here sound much more involved. An a $7-10k price tag is quite an investment.
Removing fuels from the immediate area, and having a storage tank that the FD can use at the time of the fire are the most important things, IMO, along with fire resistant construction and keeping firewood, combustible lawn furniture, etc. away.
California has had a long standing rule to clear everything within 30 feet of the house, then thin within 100. They are considering making that 50 and 100.
I have one 2500 gal. tank, considering putting in another. Nothing better to save your home than a healthy young firefighter standing next to it with a hose in hand and lots of water to use.
How do you know that the humidity dome sprinkler system will be turned on, if you are not there to do it?
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littlesalmon4
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# Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:42
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I agree you always have to be ready. People in B.C and Saskatchewan are finding out the hard way how to perpare.
This is our place from 2009
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Malamute
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# Posted: 14 Jul 2015 14:22
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I dont have trees around my place. Range fires dont seem to be an issue. I can run sprinklers from my well. If power goes out, I have a generator.
I was building a cabin once, had log shavings from peeling the logs with a drawknife about a foot deep all over the floor when a forest fire happened several miles from me. We started getting ash and charred pine needle fallout, some of the ash was perfect images of pine needles, meaning they had been burning in the air, then settled out on my vehicle and everything around. Half charred/half ash needles also. I started hosing down the shavings, then loaded my trailer and got rid of them. I've been pretty aware of fires since then and keep the hoses and sprinklers out all summer, keeping my area green.
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rockies
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# Posted: 14 Jul 2015 21:23
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The systems featured in the article can come with computer activation, or even turned on using your cell phone.
It was quite dramatic for this guy in BC to drive through miles of charred moon-scape to find his cabin standing unharmed within a 30 foot radius of green plants, all because of this system.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2015 16:11 - Edited by: KinAlberta
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Fire resistant shrubs...
http://bcwildfire.ca/Prevention/property/Landscape/fireresistantplants.htm
Firesmart Manual
http://bcwildfire.ca/Prevention/docs/homeowner-firesmart.pdf
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 5 Sep 2015 22:17
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Enigma of the trees that resist wildfires - BBC News
Spanish scientists Bernabé and José Moya couldn't believe their eyes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34116491
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rockies
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# Posted: 8 Sep 2015 20:29
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Evaluate your cabin for wildfire risks.
http://firecenter.berkeley.edu/homeassessment/index.pl
I was watching a show called "Cottage Life Television" and they had an episode on fire safety at the cabin. One thing I didn't think of was the danger of fire going under a cabin and burning it out from the bottom up. Since so many people build their cabins on piers or skids, creating a solid fire barrier around the perimeter of the cabin right down to the ground is something most people overlook. usually they close the space in using lath or wire mesh to keep out animals, but a grass fire would burn right through it and set the underside of the floor on fire.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 8 Sep 2015 21:37 - Edited by: MtnDon
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Quoting: rockies One thing I didn't think of was the danger of fire going under a cabin and burning it out from the bottom up.
We added roofing metal skirting; same as our roof except for color. The underside of the cantilever is also sheeted in heavy gauge aluminum. Siding, trim all cement fiber board. Very fine mesh S/S vent screen.
cement fiber board and steel.
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rockies
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2015 20:46
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Landscaping used to help in fire prevention.
http://firecenter.berkeley.edu/docs/CE_homelandscaping.pdf
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