Protect Your Home Reduce The Amount of Fuel Immediately Surrounding Your Home The fire safety goal of landscaping and maintenance is very simple.  Reduce the amount of fuel immediately surrounding your home.  This does not mean your proprty has to be barren.  Some plants are more fire resistive than others.  One of the most important things a homeowner can do is to create a safety zone or fire break around the house using these fire resistive plants. Size of Your Safety Zone In most areas, a safety zone should be cleared away from your home for a distance of no less than 30 feet. As the slope of the lot oncreases, additional clearance as far as 100 feet may be necessary. Keep Your Roof Clear Remember to sweep your gutters, eaves, and roof on a regular basis, especially during the hot dry weather of the fire season.  Tinder dry leaves, needles and Cedar needles are a fire waiting to happen. Stack Firewood Well Away From Your Home Stack your firewood well away from anything that's combustible, including fences and outbuildings. What Measures Are Fire Agencies Taking to Protect You?                     Learn How You Can Better Protect Your Property To learn more about the wildland fire danger in your area, and what you can do to increase fire safety of your property, contact Storey County Fire Deaprtment at (775) 847-9054 or use their online feedback form. Additional Information may be requested from the following: National Fire Protection Association Public Fire Protection Division 1 Batterymarch Park PO Box 9101 Quincy, MA   02269-9101 617-770-3000 United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management PO Box 96090 Washington, DC   20090-6090 703-235-3220 National Association of State Forests 444 N Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC   20001 202-624-5415

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