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Protecting Your Property And Your Family
As the pine beetle epidemic has spread across Colorado and killed millions of lodgepole pines, the risk for wildfires has intensified.
At Forestry Solutions, we’re strong proponents of aggressive fire mitigation plans. The U.S. Forest Service has determined that a home’s ability to survive a wildfire largely depends on the quality of the “defensible space” around the building.
The purpose of defensible space is to prevent fire from moving from your home to the forest, and vice versa, as well as to provide firefighters with adequate room to maneuver.
At Forestry Solutions, we’re strong proponents of aggressive fire mitigation plans. The U.S. Forest Service has determined that a home’s ability to survive a wildfire largely depends on the quality of the “defensible space” around the building.
The purpose of defensible space is to prevent fire from moving from your home to the forest, and vice versa, as well as to provide firefighters with adequate room to maneuver.
In a typical fire mitigation plan, there are three zones that should be created around each building on the property (including homes, detached garages, storage buildings, workshops, sheds, and barns).
Zone I – Removal
All vegetation within 15 feet of the building should be removed, as measured from the edge of the eaves or decks. This includes grasses, brush, shrubs, and trees – all of which become fuel in the event of a fire.
Zone II – Reduction
Depending on the slope of the property, Zone II extends out 75-125 feet from the building. Dead, dying, diseased, and stressed trees should be removed in this zone. Trees should be thinned, leaving 10 feet of space between the crowns of the trees.
Zone III – Forest Management
This outer zone extends from the edge of Zone II to the property line. The goal for this zone is to protect and enhance the health of the forest. A healthy forest includes a variety of ages, species and size of trees, all of which should be spread far enough apart to allow room for healthy growth.
As forestry professionals, Forestry Solutions will help you design a forestry management plan that best suits your property. For more information, please call (970) 668-9119.
Forestry Solutions, based in Frisco, Colorado, serves Summit County, Eagle County, Boulder County, Jefferson County and Grand County. We remove dead trees, plant new trees, and help protect trees through organic deep root injections and tree inoculations.
Zone I – Removal
All vegetation within 15 feet of the building should be removed, as measured from the edge of the eaves or decks. This includes grasses, brush, shrubs, and trees – all of which become fuel in the event of a fire.
Zone II – Reduction
Depending on the slope of the property, Zone II extends out 75-125 feet from the building. Dead, dying, diseased, and stressed trees should be removed in this zone. Trees should be thinned, leaving 10 feet of space between the crowns of the trees.
Zone III – Forest Management
This outer zone extends from the edge of Zone II to the property line. The goal for this zone is to protect and enhance the health of the forest. A healthy forest includes a variety of ages, species and size of trees, all of which should be spread far enough apart to allow room for healthy growth.
As forestry professionals, Forestry Solutions will help you design a forestry management plan that best suits your property. For more information, please call (970) 668-9119.
Forestry Solutions, based in Frisco, Colorado, serves Summit County, Eagle County, Boulder County, Jefferson County and Grand County. We remove dead trees, plant new trees, and help protect trees through organic deep root injections and tree inoculations.