Homeowner’s Guide to Reducing Wildfire Risk Through Defensible Space

This guide provides homeowners with practical steps to reduce wildfire risk by creating and maintaining defensible space around their homes. It details fire-adapted landscaping, plant selection and maintenance, and strategies for properties with limited setbacks. The document explains how embers, vegetation, and site constraints contribute to wildfire vulnerability and offers actionable measures to increase home survivability, even when firefighting resources are unavailable. The focus is on residential properties in the wildland-urban interface, emphasizing homeowner responsibility for ongoing risk reduction.