Create a Firebreak to Protect Your Homestead

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on June 1, 2003
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How to create a firebreak to protect your homestead.

Learn how to create a firebreak to help protect your property.

Create a Firebreak to Protect Your Homestead

  • First, create a “defensible” space to make sure that an approaching fire, burning through the crowns of trees, will be knocked down to a ground fire close to your buildings.
  • On level or slightly sloping ground, maintain the first 30 feet from buildings in low grass or plants that stay green all year. Outside this area, keep trees thinned and prune lower branches for another hundred feet.
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