2. Intermediate Zone - 5 to 30 Feet from House
Intermediate Zone - 5 to 30 Feet from House
- Clear vegetation from under large stationary propane tanks
- Create fuel breaks with driveways, walkways/paths, patios, dry creeks
- Space trees with an 18’ separation between tree canopies
- Reduce all ladder fuels, prune shorter trees up to 1/3 of overall tree height
- Thin and limb up all trees reducing distance to minimum of 18’ between the crowns
- Cluster trees and shrubs to break up the continuity of vegetation to discourage fire flow
- Tree canopy no closer that ten feet to the edge of structure