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This publication is designed to help you (homeowners in wildland/urban interfaces) minimize the risks of losing your home from wildfire. The first step is to understand wildfire and how homes are destroyed. Next, consider the fire receptiveness of your house and the surrounding landscape, and take the necessary steps to minimize your home ignition potential. After taking care of your home and immediate surroundings, you can move out into your surrounding forest or rangeland and take additional steps to minimize your risk.

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Title:
Protecting and Landscaping Homes in the Wildland/Urban Interface
Authors:
Barclay, Yvonne C. Schnepf, Chris Cohen, Jack
Date Created:
2005-01-01
Description:
This publication is designed to help you (homeowners in wildland/urban interfaces) minimize the risks of losing your home from wildfire. The first step is to understand wildfire and how homes are destroyed. Next, consider the fire receptiveness of your house and the surrounding landscape, and take the necessary steps to minimize your home ignition potential. After taking care of your home and immediate surroundings, you can move out into your surrounding forest or rangeland and take additional steps to minimize your risk.
Relation:
Station Bulletin 67
Source:
Idaho QH76.5 I2 U47, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source Identifier:
uifwre-sb67_2005
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf

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"Protecting and Landscaping Homes in the Wildland/Urban Interface", Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/fwres/items/fwres40.html
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