Creating a Zone of Defensible Space

This article is provided by the Colorado State Forest Service and outlines detailed "zones" that can be created around your home to protect it in the event of wildfires.

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Assess Your Current Risk

Take this 5 minute risk assessment to see how your home rates. The assessment will determine, based on a number of key factors how safe your home is from wildfire.

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Is Your Home in a High Risk Area?

View maps that have been created as a part of the Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata and Montezuma & San Juan Counties. These maps identify areas that are at risk because of population, vegetation, slope and other risk factors.

• Archuleta County Map (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Dolores County Map (JPEG, 434KB)
• La Plata County Map (PDF, 1 MB)
• Montezuma County Map (PDF, 879 KB)
• See Updated Fire Risk Maps for Region 9 (PDF 869 KB)

Building a Firewise Home

This is a great presentation created by the Firewise organization and provides helpful guidlines for building a firewise home. You can read it or watch the streaming video.

Presentation Overview

This presentation details three factors for building a firewise home:

1. Building in a Firewise Location
2. Building a Firewise Structure
3. Firewise Lanscaping

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