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Type: Guide / Handbook / Manual / Protocol
Author(s): Forest Stewards Guild
Publication Date: 2017

This guide provides homeowners with tools to assess your home's wildfire risk and prioritizes actions you can take to reduce that risk. The assessment worksheet included with this guide is intended to help you understand your risk and where vulnerabilities on your property may lie. Every home is different in terms of wildfire risk and hazards. The goal for this worksheet is not to get a hazard rating of zero, but simply to address certain vulnerabilities that present a wildfire risk to your home. Where you choose to reduce risk on your property is specific to your property's unique features. Start by inquiring with your local fire department about wildfire risk in your area. Your community may have a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) which will provide you with a CWPP ranking and recommendations for reducing risk in your community.

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Citation: Forest Stewards Guild. 2017. Home hazard assessment guide. Forest Stewards Guild. 6 p.

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Keywords:
  • FAC - fire adapted communities
  • fire mitigation
  • Firewise
  • hazard reduction
  • HIZ - home ignition zone
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FRAMES Record Number: 23831