Part 3: What to Look For Around Your Home Sections D to F. Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit

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1 Part 3: What to Look For Around Your Home Sections D to F Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit

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3 INSPECTION FORM DEAD or DYING VEGETATION (D) DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: D. Trees, brush, branches and limbs 15 feet from the ground and 100 feet from all structures. {PRC 4291 (a)(1); Guidelines For Creating Defensible Space} DEAD TREES, BRUSH, LIMBS, 100 from structures 100 from structures BRANCHES 15 from the ground

4 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: D. Trees, brush, branches and limbs 15 feet from the ground and 100 feet from all structures. Remove dead limbs within 15 feet of the ground, and 100 feet from all structures.

5 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: D. Trees, brush, branches and limbs 15 feet from the ground and 100 feet from all structures. Remove dead limbs within 15 feet of the ground, and 100 feet from all structures.

6 TREES SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS! No dead limbs within 15 feet of the ground!

7 X X Very old manzanita limbs may contain both live (red colored) and dead (gray) wood. X It s okay to leave these large, partially dead but very ornamental limbs, if you take out all the completely dead material (such as marked with red x s, above). X X X X

8 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: D. Trees, brush, branches and limbs 15 feet from the ground and 100 feet from all structures. Cut DEAD (gray) wood out of manzanita it s okay to leave live, thinned, pruned manzanita.

9 Dense, dead manzanita (gray wood) is extremely flammable.

10 Dead wood removed; fuel load reduced by 50-75% - much less flammable.

11 Before and AFTER removing JUST the dead wood.

12 Removing dead wood from manzanita significantly reduces its flammability, but allows some privacy.

13 Good thinning and pruning of manzanita. Leaves and needles should be removed within 30 of structures.

14 From hazardous brush patch to attractive ornamental shrubbery - manzanita with ideal spacing, thinning, pruning. PERFECT!

15 INSPECTION FORM DEAD or DYING VEGETATION (E) DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: E. Logs or stumps embedded in the soil: remove OR isolate from structures and other vegetation. {PRC 4291 (a)(1); Guidelines For Creating Defensible Space} LOGS STUMPS Embedded in the soil

16 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: E. Logs or stumps embedded in the soil: remove OR isolate from structures and other vegetation. Stump is rotten and surrounded by deep layer of needles, leaves and duff. It s vulnerable to sparks and embers landing on and around it.

17 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: E. Logs or stumps embedded in the soil: remove OR isolate from structures and other vegetation. Old logs are solid, and are separated from structure. Remove surrounding brush, leaves, and duff to reduce vulnerability to sparks and embers.

18 Stump under old cabin is solid, but surrounded by deep layer of needles, leaves, and duff. It is vulnerable to sparks and embers landing around it. Remove this material.

19 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: E. Logs or stumps embedded in the soil: remove OR isolate from structures and other vegetation.

20 INSPECTION FORM DEAD or DYING VEGETATION (F) DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: F. Grass beyond 30 feet from structures: mow to 4 inches in height, may stay on the ground. {PRC 4291 (a)(1); Guidelines For Creating Defensible Space} GRASS BEYOND 30 FROM STRUCTURES

21 DEAD or DYING VEGETATION to be completely removed unless otherwise specified: F. Grass beyond 30 feet from structures: mow to 4 inches in height, may stay on the ground.

22 Grass up to 18 tall MAY remain standing BEYOND 30 feet from structures: IF it is ESSENTIAL for erosion control on steep ground OR if it is used for animal grazing (neither of which is the case here), AND IF it will not act as a ladder fuel spreading fire to structures or other vegetation (as it may in this picture).

23 Exceeding the 100-foot clearance required by law will increase the safety of a home during a fire, and increase the chances that trees will survive.

24 Cutting dry grass dramatically increases this home s chances of survival during a wildfire.

25 Before and after clearing defensible space.

26 Reducing vegetation around a home improves its chances of surviving a wildfire.