How We Prep for Wildfires - Prevention, Protection and Escape
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2020
- Preparing a home to be more resistant to wildfires isn't complex. But it does require some effort and due diligence to implement preventative measures. In the video I cover defensible space, tree/vegetation maintenance, fire breaks and the importance of having clean gutters. I also address what we do in the event that there is a wildfire in our area, from preparations of leaving our home to circumstances in which we might consider staying.
And it SHOULD go without saying, but NOTHING is guaranteed, and obviously there are circumstances when no amount of preparation and defensive measures will help..... and in those cases you should ALWAYS err on the side of caution and leaving to a place of safety.
As is life, nothing is guaranteed.... BUT, we can and should take steps to implement preventative strategies and protect our homes BEFORE a wildfire is imminent.
TIME STAMPS for topics in this video....
-Defensible Space 1:49
-Defensible Space DEMO 3:27
-Vegetation Maintenance 6:05
-Fire Breaks 7:35
-Clean Gutters 9:27
-Decisions when FIRE is near 11:01
-Leaving 11:27
-Staying to Fight (& what tools would I use) 14:32
-Should you help with SMALL fires nearby 17:39
-Closing Remarks and Thought 18:50
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As an ex Rural Fire Service officer in Australia, I feel you did a good job of explaining some of the dos' and don'ts, well done there should be more of this type of work being televised in the lead up to the hotter months
Big thing you need to recognize when fighting a wildfire, you never want to be uphill from the fire with unburned fuel between you and the fire. Also, when you're fighting a fire, always try and maintain access to already burned areas (firefighters call that keeping one foot in the black), that'll be the safest place to go if you need to escape.
As someone in the northwest, I must say - your gutters are ridiculously clean.
I lived in Canada for a while. Our neighbor hat a sprinkling system on his roof, not only for fire prevention,but also to cool his interior of the house. But I was really impressed how it worked. That might also something to consider for your home.
Thank you very much for posting this. The part about the neighbors working together to put out fires is very cool.
Joe great video! I used to work in the fire fighting world (Airtankers) and I would talk to many of the fire fighters on the ground and they would go out every spring and tell home owners about creating defensible space around there homes just as you have described. They would sum it up with "If you do your part we will do everything in our power to save your home" But if you didn't make the effort they would not make any promises. Again thnaks for the informative video.
Another GREAT video!
For those looking to put in a lawn sprinkler system putting in zones that form a ring around the house that you can cycle can put out grass fires that get near the house.
We live on a beautiful property on the Sunshine Coast Australia, we have 12 acres of natural bush which has a green covenant on it, we have an emergency box that we pack at the beginning of every fire season, we maintain a LARGE fire break but we play it safe, we have a designated place to head to, and all of our 7 dogs have a crate with their names on it, if my hubby is away I take the old car to work and leave the keys to the good car packed with the dogs crates for one of our neighbours to load up & get out with a space for their dog if we need to take them. I leave a note on our front door with contact numbers on it also so emergency services can contact us quickly when doing door to door checks. Thanks for the info Joe, I’ll show the Hubby so he can buy me a quad. 😂 it’s essential fire fighting equipment 😂
Living in England, watching the rain piss down. Now I'm ready for those wildfires, thanks Joe!
I have been watching homesteaders, for learning, for 2 years and no one has taken wild fires into consideration. I do believe it is because most of them are in more wet areas, so I really liked this because if I ever need to move to a desert area (asthma) I would need to know this. Thank you for thinking of and sharing this.
Hey Joe, great explanation. Thanks for all you do in bringing us along!!!
One of most important video you have done. Thanks
We have fire extinguishers in all of our vehicles, kitchen, workshop and placed by all egress points in the house which we check twice a year (January and July). Great information, thank you for sharing.
Words of wisdom...
I'm an old man who lives in South Florida, so brush fires aren't the dangers. My take-away is:
Excellent video and very very useful info for me, I just bought a tiny piece of land 16 miles south of Tombstone and plan on building a tiny home and the plants are very similar to yours and this video gives me a lot of ideas for prevention.
I used to live in South Florida. After Hurricane Andrew, our neighborhood became pretty tight. Knowing and considering your neighbors in disasters is very advantageous. We always helped each other to board up prior to storms.
That was excellent. I have a lot of land and somebody behind me deliberately tried burning stubble in a garden and it set a few trees on fire of our shared forest. It could have burned every tree for hundreds of acres. I plan o create fire breaks like you have around your home and throughout the forest which connects to a nature preserve. Anything can happen- lightning, careless use of fire, equipment fires, you name it. Once I tried to use ether to get a tire to seat its bead ad it caught the grass on fire on the edge of a grassed field ad my forest. Luckily I had a tarp and smothered it stomping on the sacrificial tarp but it could have gotten out of hand and the volunteer fire department not be able to do anything at all since it was a half mile into my property and not easily accessible. Thanks for your time making his important video. It got me remembering how close my own property ha come to burning. We all need to practice all fire prevention and fire mitigation idea possible.
I read somewhere about adding washing up detergent into the water to foam it.