Give us a call for a free estimate on wildfire mitigation (719)400-9104. If you’re building a home in a zone that’s known for wildfires, you have a duty of care. It’s not just important to protect the home you’re building from wildfires, but you also want to make sure the entire area is a little safer.What can you do as a builder? Here’s your guide to make sure everyone is as safe as possible. Protecting Against Wildfires Wildfires can occur naturally or they start with human interaction. However, while they are dangerous, they are also essential for nature. That doesn’t mean they should spread to dangerous levels and you shouldn’t do what you can to mitigate as much damage to
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Wildfires have happened since the dawn of time. They can be natural occurrences but have become more of a problem partially due to atmospheric effects. The Earth’s weather and air pollution mostly remains in the troposphere, which extends from the surface of a plant and up about six miles. This can lift in a severe thunderstorm. During large wildfires, the soot, smoke, and other particles can even lift to the lower strateosphere. What does this mean for wildfires? What are the atmospheric effects? Finding Wildfire Particles In New Places For a long time, scientists believed that the stratosphere only had particles from volcanoes. As more research has gone on, scientists have now found that emissions from wildfires and other smoke