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Prescribed Fire: Prescribed fire is a carefully planned and controlled fire conducted to manage
fuels and forest health in timber, brush and oak woodland vegetation types. It
is conducted only under safety standards that define rigid windows of opportunity
where weather conditions are appropriate and firefighting resources are readily
available.
Fuel Break: Fuel breaks are wide strips of land
on which trees and vegetation has been permanently reduced or removed. These
areas can slow, and even stop, the spread of a wildland fire because they provide
fewer fuels to carry the flames. They also provide firefighters with safe zones
to take a stand against a wildfire, or retreat from flames if the need arises.
Defensible Space Around Homes: Defensible
space is the area within the perimeter of a parcel, development, neighborhood
or community where basic wildland fire protection practices and measures are
implemented, providing the key point of defense from an approaching wildfire
or defense against encroaching wildfires or escaping structure fires. The perimeter
is defined as the area encompassing the parcel or parcels proposed for construction
and/or development, excluding the physical structure itself. The establishment
and maintenance of emergency vehicle access, emergency water reserves, street
names, building identification, and fuel modification measures characterize
the area.
Forest Management: The stewardship and
use of forests and forestlands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their
biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality, and potential
to fulfill, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic, and social
functions at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage
to other ecosystems
Mechanical Means: The use of hand-tools
or equipment mounted on a tracked or wheeled vehicle to prune, cut, masticate,
chip, crush or otherwise remove the vegetation or to modify it¼s spatial
arrangement and significantly lowering its hazardous nature.
Fire Safe Landscaping: A fire safe
landscape uses fire resistant plants that are strategically planted (vertical
and horizontal spacing) to resist the spread of fire to your home.
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