Be FireWise in the Middle of Fire Season

Tom McMackin

At this late date, the best things you can do to create defensible space for your place is to concentrate on the area from the foundation out to 30’. If you have standing tall grass or weeds to remove, using a string type, electric weed whacker on a small patch of grass at a time after you’ve run the sprinkler on the spot. Early morning before 10 AM should be fire safe. Repeat the water-and-whack in steps until you’ve cleared your whole work area. Keep the hose with a spray nozzle charged nearby your work area. A shovel and rake would be good to have close too.

If a fire starts ~ call 911 ~ and get help on the way!  https://www.dnr.wa.gov/firewise

!! Added FireWise Bonus !!

Snake on the Plain not to be confused with Snakes on a Plane, the 2006 movie with Samuel L. Jackson, [TomatoMeter rated 69% on RottenTomatoes.com]. The title really relates to our High Prairie wee piece of Heaven…

if you have mice or lizards around your place (and even if you don’t) … You’ve got snakes! The FireWise zone principles of Foundation to 5’ and Out to 30’ of short grass and cleared debris around your buildings has the added benefit of making snakes easier to see and our world safer for you. Clear up anything that might obscure your outside faucets, hose storage, garden tools or supplies, etc., so you can see all around them clearly before reaching for them!

Snake Safety:  https://health.ucdavis.edu/welcome/features/2018-2019/07/20180710_rattlesnakes.html 

Evacuation information:

https://www.firesafemarin.org/evacuation/guide

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3852749.pdf

If you have any questions or desire Firewise or High Prairie Fire information or have other comments or requests, please feel free to contact me by email at mcmackint@gmail.com or a call to 206-234-4141.

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