REMINDER FOR FIRE SEASON: From Fort Ross Volunteer Fire Department

[Sara S]

REMINDER FOR FIRE SEASON:

If It Will Burn, Move It
Would you pile kindling all around your house? Noooooo, of course not. But
we do it all the time without realizing. So outdoors, move anything
flammable *at least 5 feet away* from your structure.
Consider where embers might land, catch, and spread fire to your home:
* door mats
* wood or wicker patio furniture, cushions
* outdoor rugs or woven straw matting
* worktables
* decorative driftwood
* overgrown vines and wood trellises
* bamboo screening; outdoor shades
* oak barrels & planter boxes
* mulches & wood chips
* wood pet ramps
* kids' play structures
* wood fences (replace w/ metal at least those critical 5 feet next to
house)
* tools w/ wood handles; brooms
* propane & barbecue tanks
* gas-powered tools
* firewood
* stored lumber
Use only fire-resistant materials when decorating your outdoor living
space: metal, ceramics, glass, stone and pebbles, shells, bricks, cement &
cement board, mosaics, cobb, and other nonflammables. There is plenty of
safe and beautiful stuff to fit every need. Find somewhere farther out for
lumber, firewood piles, tools, and tanks.

This reminder is from your neighbors at Fort Ross Volunteer Fire
Department's Public Education Committee. Because fire is inevitable, but
disaster doesn't have to be. www.frvfd.org