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rockies
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2019 19:21
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This site was mentioned on Green Building Advisor. It provides information on how to safeguard your home from fire, as well as hurricanes, high winds, hail, etc (look under "resources" at the top of the page).
https://disastersafety.org/wildfire/
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:29
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Rockies.... thanks for this link! We close today on our cabin - 25 miles west of Alamosa, CO in Jasper. We are headed up there for a week or so later today. After the hassle we went through buying this place we want to do all we can this summer to firewise it. Fortunately it sits at 9100' not far below treeline and in an Aspen Forrest with a sprinkling of spruce. Though Aspen forrests burn, we read often fires go around these deciduous trees. We did notice when we were up in the fall that there are a good number of downed trees on the land so are making plans to clear those out. Make firewood out of the solid stuff and pile and burn the punky wood.
Cheers! Don
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offgrididaho
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:07
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Check out how to make your house "firewise"... here's a good starting point:
https://www.iafc.org/topics-and-tools/resources/resource/checklist-how-to-have-a-fire wise-home
You're basically looking to make your house as appealing a possibility to save as possible for firefighters... if it looks like you've put the work in to make a place safely defensible then firefighters will stay and play... if you haven't done the grunt work beforehand they'll simply "red rock" it as unsafe to try to defend and move on.
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