Intermediate Zone

5-30’ from the furthest exterior point of the home. Landscaping/hardscaping- employing careful landscaping or creating breaks that can help influence and decrease fire behavior

• Clear vegetation from under large stationary propane tanks.

• Create fuel breaks with driveways, walkways/paths, patios, and decks.

• Keep lawns and native grasses mowed to a height of four inches.

• Remove ladder fuels (vegetation under trees) so a surface fire cannot reach the crowns.  Prune trees up to six to ten feet from the ground; for shorter trees do not exceed 1/3 of the overall tree height.

• Maintain intermingled tree crowns to cool the surface below, conserve moisture, and inhibit grass growth.

• Tree placement should be planned to ensure the mature canopy is no closer than ten feet to the edge of the structure.

• Tree and shrubs in this zone should be limited to small clusters of a few each to break up the continuity of the vegetation across the landscape.

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