Defensible space inspections surge in 2025 in Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey. #defensiblespace #inspections #monterey #carmel #pacificgrove #wildfireprevention #homesafety
Defensible space inspections surge in 2025 in Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey.
Read the full article on Monterey County Now.
www.montereycountynow.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Defensible space inspections surge in 2025 in Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey. #defensiblespace #inspections #monterey #carmel #pacificgrove #wildfireprevention #homesafety
🔥Yesterday, California legislators, staffers, and others joined CAL FIRE, Sacramento City Fire Department, and IBHS to witness a live demonstration burn.
🎥 Hear directly about what was learned—and why taking steps to harden your home matters for every Californian.
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace
🎥 Hear directly about what was learned—and why taking steps to harden your home matters for every Californian.
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🔥Yesterday, California legislators, staffers, and others joined CAL FIRE, Sacramento City Fire Department, and IBHS to witness a live demonstration burn.
🎥 Hear directly about what was learned—and why taking steps to harden your home matters for every Californian.
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace
🎥 Hear directly about what was learned—and why taking steps to harden your home matters for every Californian.
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace
ICYMI: “Watch: How an orchard in Turkey survived a wildfire”
bbc.com/news/videos/... - BBC News
#DefensibleSpace #Turkey #Wildfires
bbc.com/news/videos/... - BBC News
#DefensibleSpace #Turkey #Wildfires
How an orchard in Turkey survived a wildfire
Recent wildfires scorched vast areas across Turkey, but one orchard in the north-western province of Bursa stood untouched.
bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
ICYMI: “Watch: How an orchard in Turkey survived a wildfire”
bbc.com/news/videos/... - BBC News
#DefensibleSpace #Turkey #Wildfires
bbc.com/news/videos/... - BBC News
#DefensibleSpace #Turkey #Wildfires
“This hub includes an extensive list of fire-resistant plants, tips on how to create a FireSmart landscape, and information on the FireSmart BC Plant Program.” firesmartbc.ca/landscaping-... - FireSmart BC
#BCWildfire #DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #HomeAndGarden #WUI
#BCWildfire #DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #HomeAndGarden #WUI
FireSmart BC Landscaping Hub
By making the right strategic choices in your yard, you can make your property more resilient to wildfire. This hub includes an extensive list of fire-resistant plants, tips on how to create a FireSma...
firesmartbc.ca
August 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“This hub includes an extensive list of fire-resistant plants, tips on how to create a FireSmart landscape, and information on the FireSmart BC Plant Program.” firesmartbc.ca/landscaping-... - FireSmart BC
#BCWildfire #DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #HomeAndGarden #WUI
#BCWildfire #DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #HomeAndGarden #WUI
Email [email protected] / or check my link in bio for an email form.
We can be fire safe without damaging what’s left of our ecosystem, and science proves it! It’s not a (zone) zero sum game.
#zone0 #calfire #firesafe #wildlife #homehardening #defensiblespace
We can be fire safe without damaging what’s left of our ecosystem, and science proves it! It’s not a (zone) zero sum game.
#zone0 #calfire #firesafe #wildlife #homehardening #defensiblespace
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Email [email protected] / or check my link in bio for an email form.
We can be fire safe without damaging what’s left of our ecosystem, and science proves it! It’s not a (zone) zero sum game.
#zone0 #calfire #firesafe #wildlife #homehardening #defensiblespace
We can be fire safe without damaging what’s left of our ecosystem, and science proves it! It’s not a (zone) zero sum game.
#zone0 #calfire #firesafe #wildlife #homehardening #defensiblespace
Start your Zone 0 here:
🌳 Limb trees 5’ from walls, 10’ from roof
🚫 Replace wood fences w/ metal (first 5’)
🪴 Keep potted plants 5’ from windows & vents
What’s one step you’ve taken to harden your home?
#Zone0 #WildfireReady #DefensibleSpace
🌳 Limb trees 5’ from walls, 10’ from roof
🚫 Replace wood fences w/ metal (first 5’)
🪴 Keep potted plants 5’ from windows & vents
What’s one step you’ve taken to harden your home?
#Zone0 #WildfireReady #DefensibleSpace
July 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Start your Zone 0 here:
🌳 Limb trees 5’ from walls, 10’ from roof
🚫 Replace wood fences w/ metal (first 5’)
🪴 Keep potted plants 5’ from windows & vents
What’s one step you’ve taken to harden your home?
#Zone0 #WildfireReady #DefensibleSpace
🌳 Limb trees 5’ from walls, 10’ from roof
🚫 Replace wood fences w/ metal (first 5’)
🪴 Keep potted plants 5’ from windows & vents
What’s one step you’ve taken to harden your home?
#Zone0 #WildfireReady #DefensibleSpace
🌿 Why Native Plants Make Fire-Smart Sense:
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌿 Why Native Plants Make Fire-Smart Sense:
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace
✅ Low fuel load
✅ Deep, soil-stabilizing roots
✅ Less pruning, mowing, & water
✅ Habitat for pollinators & birds
✅ Lower long-term costs 💧🐝
Protect your home and your ecosystem
#TheNativeGuild #FireResilientLandscaping #NativePlants #DefensibleSpace
“In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a surviving house from one that burned just a few feet away.”
theconversation.com/california-p... - @us.theconversation.com
#CAFire #DefensibleSpace #Wildfires HT @timcurran.bsky.social
theconversation.com/california-p... - @us.theconversation.com
#CAFire #DefensibleSpace #Wildfires HT @timcurran.bsky.social
California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability
Hedges and trees may actually reduce home exposure to radiant heat and flying embers, but they must be well maintained. Two scientists who study how plants burn explain.
theconversation.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
“In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a surviving house from one that burned just a few feet away.”
theconversation.com/california-p... - @us.theconversation.com
#CAFire #DefensibleSpace #Wildfires HT @timcurran.bsky.social
theconversation.com/california-p... - @us.theconversation.com
#CAFire #DefensibleSpace #Wildfires HT @timcurran.bsky.social
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Mendocino County https://kymkemp.com/2025/06/24/cal-fire-suspends-burn-permits-in-mendocino-county/ #CALFIRE #MendocinoCounty #BurnPermitSuspension #WildfirePrevention #ReadyForWildfire #DefensibleSpace
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Mendocino County
Due to increased fire danger, CAL FIRE’s Mendocino Unit will suspend all residential burn permits for landscape debris beginning June 30, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.
kymkemp.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Mendocino County https://kymkemp.com/2025/06/24/cal-fire-suspends-burn-permits-in-mendocino-county/ #CALFIRE #MendocinoCounty #BurnPermitSuspension #WildfirePrevention #ReadyForWildfire #DefensibleSpace
Yesterday the CA #Chaparral Institute won on appeal against #CalFire. This will end their plan to fight wildfires by clearing millions of acres of #CA native habitat and hopefully focus on more evidence based methods of saving homes, like #defensiblespace and creation of #Zone0, Ember Resistant Zone
Appellate Court to Cal Fire - You're Making the Landscape More Flammable - Chaparral Wisdom
After twenty years of fighting, Nature and Fire Safety have prevailed The California Appellate Court ruled in the chaparral’s favor yesterday afternoon in our lawsuit against Cal Fire and their insidi...
chaparralwisdom.org
May 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yesterday the CA #Chaparral Institute won on appeal against #CalFire. This will end their plan to fight wildfires by clearing millions of acres of #CA native habitat and hopefully focus on more evidence based methods of saving homes, like #defensiblespace and creation of #Zone0, Ember Resistant Zone
www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/05/imsp...
🔥 IMSPARK: Defensible Spaces Saving Pacific Places 🔥
Labels: #BuiltHeritage, #DefensibleSpace, #DisasterResilience, #FireSmartPacific, #IMSPARK, #WildfirePreparedness, #WUIFireRisk
🔥 IMSPARK: Defensible Spaces Saving Pacific Places 🔥
Labels: #BuiltHeritage, #DefensibleSpace, #DisasterResilience, #FireSmartPacific, #IMSPARK, #WildfirePreparedness, #WUIFireRisk
🔥 IMSPARK: Defensible Spaces Saving Pacific Places 🔥
Social justice, Digital Equity, Poverty, Accessible Technology, Marginalized communities, Pacific, COFA, Veterans, Low-Income, Affordable housing
www.imagine-pacific.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/05/imsp...
🔥 IMSPARK: Defensible Spaces Saving Pacific Places 🔥
Labels: #BuiltHeritage, #DefensibleSpace, #DisasterResilience, #FireSmartPacific, #IMSPARK, #WildfirePreparedness, #WUIFireRisk
🔥 IMSPARK: Defensible Spaces Saving Pacific Places 🔥
Labels: #BuiltHeritage, #DefensibleSpace, #DisasterResilience, #FireSmartPacific, #IMSPARK, #WildfirePreparedness, #WUIFireRisk
With above-average temperatures and severe drought expected this summer, Oregon and Washington are likely in for a bad fire season.
Northwest wildfire outlook is grim, even as hiring has ramped up
But there was a glimmer of hope: Federal firefighting managers said their workforce is about where it needs to be for the fire season ahead, despite the Trump administration’s efforts.
www.opb.org
May 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
#DefensibleSpace and #HomeHardening aren’t optional—they’re essential. They give firefighters the space they need to work, and your home the best chance to stand up against wildfire.
If you haven’t started your defensible space yet, now’s the time. Fires wait for no one.
#FireSeasonReady
If you haven’t started your defensible space yet, now’s the time. Fires wait for no one.
#FireSeasonReady
May 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#DefensibleSpace and #HomeHardening aren’t optional—they’re essential. They give firefighters the space they need to work, and your home the best chance to stand up against wildfire.
If you haven’t started your defensible space yet, now’s the time. Fires wait for no one.
#FireSeasonReady
If you haven’t started your defensible space yet, now’s the time. Fires wait for no one.
#FireSeasonReady
CAL FIRE employs various vegetation management methods to mitigate wildfire risk and establish defensible space. These include mechanical thinning, prescribed fire, and targeted grazing. Each method is selected based on the unique needs of the landscape. #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePrevention
May 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
CAL FIRE employs various vegetation management methods to mitigate wildfire risk and establish defensible space. These include mechanical thinning, prescribed fire, and targeted grazing. Each method is selected based on the unique needs of the landscape. #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePrevention
You can protect your home from wildfire and keep your yard green. Fire-resistant landscaping helps create defensible space while supporting a healthy, eco-friendly environment.
#FireSmart #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
#FireSmart #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
May 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You can protect your home from wildfire and keep your yard green. Fire-resistant landscaping helps create defensible space while supporting a healthy, eco-friendly environment.
#FireSmart #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
#FireSmart #DefensibleSpace #WildfirePreparedness #CALFIRE
If they can take action, so can you! Be the change your neighborhood needs to stay safer tomorrow. Find easy-to-follow checklists, defensible space guidelines, and more at: bit.ly/WildfirePrep.... 🏡
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0 #CALFIRE
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0 #CALFIRE
Building a Fire-Ready Future | CAL FIRE
Learn how to prepare your home, property, family and community for wildfire. Let strengthen our defenses, together.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If they can take action, so can you! Be the change your neighborhood needs to stay safer tomorrow. Find easy-to-follow checklists, defensible space guidelines, and more at: bit.ly/WildfirePrep.... 🏡
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0 #CALFIRE
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0 #CALFIRE
You have the power to make your home, and your community, safer. Don't wait for a fire to start before you begin preparing. Learn more about defensible space at: bit.ly/WildfirePrep...
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
Building a Fire-Ready Future | CAL FIRE
Learn how to prepare your home, property, family and community for wildfire. Let strengthen our defenses, together.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You have the power to make your home, and your community, safer. Don't wait for a fire to start before you begin preparing. Learn more about defensible space at: bit.ly/WildfirePrep...
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#WildfirePreparednessWeek #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
Wildfire preparedness starts with you. 🔥
CAL FIRE + @ibhs.org IBHS showed how creating #defensiblespace, a #Zone0 buffer, and using fire-resistant materials to harden your home can dramatically increase your property’s chances of surviving a wildfire.
#WildfirePreparednessWeek#DemoBurn
CAL FIRE + @ibhs.org IBHS showed how creating #defensiblespace, a #Zone0 buffer, and using fire-resistant materials to harden your home can dramatically increase your property’s chances of surviving a wildfire.
#WildfirePreparednessWeek#DemoBurn
May 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wildfire preparedness starts with you. 🔥
CAL FIRE + @ibhs.org IBHS showed how creating #defensiblespace, a #Zone0 buffer, and using fire-resistant materials to harden your home can dramatically increase your property’s chances of surviving a wildfire.
#WildfirePreparednessWeek#DemoBurn
CAL FIRE + @ibhs.org IBHS showed how creating #defensiblespace, a #Zone0 buffer, and using fire-resistant materials to harden your home can dramatically increase your property’s chances of surviving a wildfire.
#WildfirePreparednessWeek#DemoBurn
State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant joins the Green Acres Garden Podcast to talk about Zone 0, defensible space, and how fire-smart landscaping can protect your home from wildfire.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/BerlantOnGre...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#FireSmartLandscaping #WildfirePreparedness
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/BerlantOnGre...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#FireSmartLandscaping #WildfirePreparedness
May 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant joins the Green Acres Garden Podcast to talk about Zone 0, defensible space, and how fire-smart landscaping can protect your home from wildfire.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/BerlantOnGre...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#FireSmartLandscaping #WildfirePreparedness
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/BerlantOnGre...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #Zone0
#FireSmartLandscaping #WildfirePreparedness
Wildfires don't wait and neither should you! Create defensible space around your home. Start by clearing dead plant material, cutting low-hanging limbs, and giving firefighters the space to protect your home.
#HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
youtu.be/JaKZT6PXhTE?...
#HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
youtu.be/JaKZT6PXhTE?...
Prepare Your Home With Defensible Space!
YouTube video by CAL FIRE TV
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wildfires don't wait and neither should you! Create defensible space around your home. Start by clearing dead plant material, cutting low-hanging limbs, and giving firefighters the space to protect your home.
#HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
youtu.be/JaKZT6PXhTE?...
#HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
youtu.be/JaKZT6PXhTE?...
To find a Firewise community and to learn how to become one, visit: bit.ly/firewiseComm...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness #MendocinoCounty #FireSafeCommunities #WildfireSafety
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness #MendocinoCounty #FireSafeCommunities #WildfireSafety
bit.ly
April 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
To find a Firewise community and to learn how to become one, visit: bit.ly/firewiseComm...
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness #MendocinoCounty #FireSafeCommunities #WildfireSafety
#CALFIRE #DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness #MendocinoCounty #FireSafeCommunities #WildfireSafety
To find a Firewise community and to learn how to become one, visit: bit.ly/firewiseComm...
#DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness
#DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To find a Firewise community and to learn how to become one, visit: bit.ly/firewiseComm...
#DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness
#DefensibleSpace #HomeHardening #WildfirePreparedness
Wildfires don't wait and neither should you! Start preparing your home and property now. Take two critical steps: create defensible space and harden your home.
Learn how you can do both at ReadyforWildfire.org. 🔥✋🏠
#WildfirePrevention #HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
Learn how you can do both at ReadyforWildfire.org. 🔥✋🏠
#WildfirePrevention #HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
April 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wildfires don't wait and neither should you! Start preparing your home and property now. Take two critical steps: create defensible space and harden your home.
Learn how you can do both at ReadyforWildfire.org. 🔥✋🏠
#WildfirePrevention #HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
Learn how you can do both at ReadyforWildfire.org. 🔥✋🏠
#WildfirePrevention #HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE
FLORIDA: “Know the zones. Learn how you can protect your home from wildfires” www.tcpalm.com/picture-gall... - Treasure Coast News
#DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #FLFire #Florida #Wildfires
#DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #FLFire #Florida #Wildfires
Know the zones. Learn how you can protect your home from wildfires
There are actions you can take now to help protect your home from brush fires.
www.tcpalm.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
FLORIDA: “Know the zones. Learn how you can protect your home from wildfires” www.tcpalm.com/picture-gall... - Treasure Coast News
#DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #FLFire #Florida #Wildfires
#DefensibleSpace #FireSafety #FLFire #Florida #Wildfires
🔥 Most wildfire damage happens before the flames even reach your doorstep.
💧 And when water defense is part of the plan, Trident Pumps are ready.
Learn More: tridentpumps.ca
#WildfireWednesday #FireSafety #TridentPumps #DefensibleSpace #PreparedNotScared
💧 And when water defense is part of the plan, Trident Pumps are ready.
Learn More: tridentpumps.ca
#WildfireWednesday #FireSafety #TridentPumps #DefensibleSpace #PreparedNotScared
April 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🔥 Most wildfire damage happens before the flames even reach your doorstep.
💧 And when water defense is part of the plan, Trident Pumps are ready.
Learn More: tridentpumps.ca
#WildfireWednesday #FireSafety #TridentPumps #DefensibleSpace #PreparedNotScared
💧 And when water defense is part of the plan, Trident Pumps are ready.
Learn More: tridentpumps.ca
#WildfireWednesday #FireSafety #TridentPumps #DefensibleSpace #PreparedNotScared