Apple Valley Residents Prepare for Wildfire Season?

8/7/2023 (Permalink)

We restore fire damage 24 hours a day in San Bernardino County.

When you need fire damage restoration services, our local Hesperia/Apple Valley and Barstow/Twentynine Palms, Victorville teams are ready to respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Here are some tips for creating defensible space from the San Bernardino County website:

Prevention

• Use rock, mulch, flower beds, or gardens as ground cover for bare spaces and as effective firebreaks
• Roofs and exteriors of structures should be constructed of non-combustible or fire-resistant materials such as fire resistant roofing materials: tile, slate, sheet iron, aluminum, brick, or stone
• Clean roof surfaces, gutters, and property of pine needles, leaves, branches, etc., monthly to avoid an accumulation of flammable materials, especially important during fire season
• Wood siding, exterior wood paneling, and other highly combustible materials should be treated with fire-retardant chemicals
• Create fire-safe zones with stone walls, patios, swimming pools, decks, and roadways
• Remove branches and limbs within 10 feet of the flue opening of any stove or chimney
• Check your local nursery or county extension service for advice on fire-resistant plans that are suited for your environment
• There are no “fire-proof” plants. Select high-moisture plants that grow close to the ground and have a low sap or resin content, such as rockrose, ice plant, and aloe
• Fire-resistant shrubs include hedging roses, bush honeysuckles, currant, cotoneaster, sumac, and shrub apples
• Use hardwood plants such as maple, poplar, and cherry trees. They are less flammable than pine, firs, and other conifers.

Call Us Today!

Our Hesperia/Apple Valley and Barstow/Twentynine Palms, Victorville teams are Here to Help ® when your home or commercial business has a fire damage emergency. Call us today at 760-244-2566.

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