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Need defensible space around your Monument home? Call (719)400-9104 for a free fire mitigation estimate.

Fire-adapted communities play an important part in managing fires. They learn to live with the wildfires, allowing the necessary ones to burn but taking steps to manage the spread.
However, it’s certainly risky to live in one of these communities. To ensure people are safe, the following steps are taken to reduce the risks.

Defined Areas with Excellent Knowledge

The community will always live adjacent to or within a particular ecosystem that is prone to fires. They’re aware of these risks before living there, and there is a clear boundary defined for the living area.
Those who reside in these areas will have the knowledge and skills to manage fire. They know how to prepare their properties to help manage the spread of fire and will also have the skills to ensure people are evacuated safely when they need to be.

It’s essential that anyone living in these areas are willing to take the steps to manage the fire.
And it’s not just about the local people. There are dedicated fire suppression forces that have the right skills and equipment to manage any of the wildfires. Those that need to happen will be managed to avoid the fires growing larger.

Building and Preserving Properties

Of course, these areas need buildings. When structures are designed, they will be made with fire-resistant materials. Buildings that had been constructed before becoming a fire-adapted community will be retrofitted with the necessary materials.

Landowners understand about the threats to their property and the fuels that make their properties more susceptible to the fires. They will take action to avoid that danger.
Then there is the creation of defensible space. This helps to cut out any fuel in a certain area to prevent the spread of the fire. The zones are known as “internal safety zones” and are routinely maintained.

Taking Action During Fires

Fires will happen. The fire-adapted communities don’t just take action to prevent them but learn to live within these communities. They will all know the actions to take when the fires do spread out of control, as some of them do.

At the same time, people living here know that there will always be risks, even though as many as possible are mitigated. The government and fire services aren’t held responsible for the loss of property, especially if the owners of the property haven’t taken action to make it defensible.

While risks are reduced, they are still there. It’s important to accept that when living in a fire-adapted community.

For more information on our wildfire mitigation services, defensible space, brush clearing in Monument and surrounding areas, please call us at (719)400-9104, or email us at office@coloradomastication.com.