Just Remeber F.I.R.E

It is safe to say the heat, as well as fire season is upon us. Ranging from July to October, the California fire season is a constant concern for property owners. To help protect your family and home during the summer season, here are some fire-wise landscaping tips and guidelines to help insure the safety of your property and family. There is a great deal of useful information across various experts and fire departments, however, to help you recall the tips, simply remember…FIRE.

Fuel Brakes are barriers designed throughout your landscape that will help keep a fire from spreading. Include stone driveways, walkways, patios, parking areas, dry streambeds and retaining walls to reduce fuel loads and create space between vegetation.

Introduce well-irrigated, low-growing, fire-smart plants in the first 30 feet around your home. Keep it “lean, clean, and green.”

Remove dead or dying vegetation around your home. Do not remove all of the vegetation leaving bare ground, which can cause soil erosion.

Experts are available at KRC Rock to assist you in creating a beautiful, fire-safe landscape.

By implementing these four simple guidelines into your landscaping projects you can reduce your house and property vulnerability to wildfires.

For more information about wildfire safety, visit the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website at http://www.fire.ca.gov/.