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Existing Conditions

Existing Conditions

  • Dangerous topographical feature/structure location?

  • Fuel on neighboring land/structures?

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Roof and Eaves

Roof & Eaves

  • ***Does the home have a Class A fire rated roof?

  • Replace your roof with a Class A fire rated roof.

  • ***What is the roof type?

  • ***Is the roof covering and assembly in good condition?

  • Replace missing tiles or shingles.

  • ***Roof edge: Is there exposed combustible material where the roof covering and roof deck meet?

  • Install drip edge at the roof edge to protect any exposed roof sheathing.

  • ***Gaps: For metal/tile roofs, are there gaps in the roof covering susceptible to ember penetration?

  • Protect gaps at the eaves to preclude entry of flames and embers.

  • ***Roof Design: Are there dormers or other complex features with combustible siding that are at risk from ember ignition?

  • Install metal flashing from roof deck up dormers

  • Replace wood siding on dormers with ignition resistant material.

  • ***PV: If there are solar panels, are they clear of combustible debris?

  • Remove combustible debris from solar panels.

  • ***Skylights: If there are skylights on the roof, are they properly mitigated?

  • Remove all combustible materials from skylights.

  • Eaves: Do you have open eave construction?

  • Consider converting open-eave framing to a boxed-in or soffited eave design.

  • ***Vents (roof, soffit): Are they protected with 1/8" metal screening?

  • Cover all vents with 1/8" metal screening and/or replace vents with low profile vents.

  • ***Debris: Are the roof, gutters, and eaves free of combustible debris (needles, leaves, and nests)?

  • Remove combustible material from roof, gutters, and eaves.

  • Gutters and Downspouts: Are they non-combustible?

  • Consider replacing gutters and downspouts with noncombustible materials.

Roof and Eaves

  • Roof Pass?

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Walls & Openings

Exterior Walls & Openings

  • Siding type: What type of siding is on the home?

  • Siding Material: Does the home have combustible siding?

  • Replace with non combustible siding

  • Increase spacing to first conifers.

  • Siding condition: Are there gaps, holes, or other areas where embers could accumulate, lodge, or penetrate?

  • Protect gaps, holes and other penetrations to preclude entry of flames or embers.

  • Clearance: Is the ground to siding clearance greater than 2 inches?

  • Recommend obtaining 2" clearance from base of the wall (install non-combustible material/remove siding) or properly mitigate this area.

  • ***Wall vents: If there are wall or gable vents, are they properly mitigated?

  • Cover vents with 1/8" wire screening and/or replace vents with low profile vents.

  • ***Dryer vents: Are there louver vents and do they operate correctly?

  • Install louver vents and make sure they operate properly.

  • ***Windows: Are there any single pane windows?

  • Replace with dual or multi pane windows, preferably with tempered glass. Or, increase defensible space requirements.

  • Remove marked vegetation around window.

  • ***Bay windows: Are overhangs properly mitigated?

  • Mitigate area underneath windows.

  • Garage doors: Are there any gaps in your garage door? Or are there any plastic windows?

  • Mitigate the openings and weather seal the perimeter of the door. Consider replacing plastic windows.

  • ***Foundation risk: Does the foundation design (open) produce a significant wildfire risk?

  • Consider enclosing (and properly ventilating) open foundation.

Walls and Openings Assessment

  • Walls and Openings Pass?

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Attachments

Attachments

  • ***Fence: Is there combustible wood attached to the structure that could carry fire to the home?

  • Replace with non-combustible section that is at least 5 feet long.

  • Deck connections: is there protection at wall (combustible) to deck junction?

  • Mitigate junction with metal flashing.

  • ***Deck condition: Are any of the deck boards rotted, damaged, or in poor condition?

  • Repair/replace rotted or damaged boards.

  • ***Items on decks: Is there any combustible material (firewood/pine needles) on the deck?

  • Remove firewood and other high-risk items.

  • ***Deck connection debris: Is there debris accumulated at the deck to wall intersection?

  • Remove debris from deck connection.

  • High risk decks: Does your deck overhang a steep slope?

  • Considered enclosing (and properly ventilating) deck, or building a noncombustible wall.

Attachments Assessment

  • Attachments Pass?

  • Comments:

    Are there other items (dog houses, arbors, storage boxes, etc) attached that need attention?

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Non combustible Zone 1A (0-5 ft)

Non- Combustible Zone 1A (0-5 ft)

  • ***Non-combustible surfaces: Is there a non-combustible perimeter extending around the entire home and any attachments such as decks?

  • Install crushed gravel, poured concrete, pavers, etc.

  • ***Live and Dead Vegetation: Are there any organic mulches, grasses, woody shrubs, junipers, pine needles or tree branches in the zone?

  • Remove all organic material. Aspens are acceptable.

  • ***Other material: Are there landscape timbers, debris or other combustible material present in this zone?

  • Remove material.

  • ***Under decks: Is the area under all decks and extensions clear of all combustible material?

  • Remove flammable materials.

Non Combustible Zone1A (1-5 ft)

  • Zone 1A Pass?

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Zone 1 Veg (5-30+ ft)

Zone 1 Vegetation (5-30+ ft)

  • ***Conifers: Are any conifers present?

  • Remove all conifers

  • Remove conifers to create large gaps and low limb so that no branches are within 10 ft of ground.

  • ***Pine Needles: Are all pine needles, mulches and grasses raked 3 ft away from High Value Conifer trunks?

  • Rake away all pine needles within 3 ft of the trunk.

  • ***Aspens: Are there any dead and/or heavily diseased aspens present?

  • Remove dead/diseased aspens.

  • ***Junipers: Are any junipers present?

  • Remove all junipers.

  • ***Shrubs: Are shrubs well spaced and removed from the dripline of "keep" trees?

  • Remove marked shrubs. For retained shrubs, prune excessive growth and remove dead material.

  • ***Maintenance: Are all grasses and weeds cut to a maximum height of 6 inches?

  • Cut grasses.

  • ***Surface fuels: Are all downed dead branches, dead logs, slash, and heavy accumulations of pine needles removed?

  • Remove dead and down material.

Zone 1 Assessment

  • Zone 1 Pass?

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Zone 2 Veg (30-100+ ft)

Zone 2 Vegetation (30 - 100+ ft)

  • ***Do conditions require extending zone 2 beyond 100 ft?

  • Extend zone 2 to 125 ft on downhill side

  • Extend zone 2 to 150 ft on downhill side.

  • Extend zone 2 to 200 ft on downhill side.

  • ***What is the property's forest type?

  • ***Spacing: Is there proper crown separation between the outer branches of individual conifers (usually 10-30ft)?

  • Thin conifers so they are properly spaced.

  • ***Clumping: Is clumping of trees an acceptable mitigation strategy on this property?

  • Create proper spacing between clumps.

  • ***Aspen: Are aspen present?

  • Try to create large patches/openings to encourage aspen expansion; avoid damaging existing aspen.

  • Wildlife Snags: Do dead standing trees (over 8" that do not pose a falling risk) remain as important wildlife habitats?

  • Remove hazardous snags.

  • Keep important wildlife snags.

  • Sick Trees: Are all stressed, diseased, dead trees and shrubs removed? (does not include important wildlife snags)

  • Remove marked trees.

  • ***Shrubs: Are shrubs well spaced and removed from the drip line of "keep" trees?

  • Remove marked shrubs. For retained shrubs, prune excessive growth and remove dead material.

  • ***Low Limbing: Are the lowest branches removed within 6-10 ft from the ground, or low limbed to 1/3 of the height of the tree, whichever is less?

  • Complete low limbing; aspens do not need to be low limbed.

  • ***Surface Fuels: Are there heavy accumulations of surface fuels, such as slash piles, present?

  • Reduce surface fuels.

Zone 2 Assessment

  • Zone 2 Pass?

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Non Veg D Space

Detached Accessory Structures and Personal Property

  • ***Detached Accessory Structures (sheds, garages): Are they adequately mitigated?

  • Properly mitigate per home standards.

  • Play sets: Are they present on the property?

  • Properly mitigate play set.

  • ***Firewood: Are firewood piles stored at least 30 ft from all structures and have at least 10 ft of clearance between it and the closest conifer branches?

  • Move pile 30 ft away uphill or parallel to structures.

  • ***Propane Tanks: Are propane tanks properly mitigated?

  • Mitigate area around tank.

  • Other Items: Are there other combustible items located in D-Space (scrap lumber, junk, cars, boats RVs, etc.)

  • Remove materials/items.

Non-Vegetative D-Space Assessment

  • Non Veg D Space Pass?

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Insurance

Insurance

  • ***Coverage A: What is your Homeowners Insurance Coverage A policy limit?

  • ***Home size: What is the square footage of your home?

  • Local Costs: Have you verified the cost of rebuilding your home with a local source to assure that you are adequately covered?

  • Contact a local expert to get an estimate for rebuilding your home; costs range from $200 to $350 per square foot. Enter estimated cost per square foot.

  • Enter estimated cost per square foot.

  • Rebuilding Cost: Square feet x estimated cost per square foot =

  • Are you adequately insured (is then Coverage A policy limit greater than or equal to the estimated rebuilding cost)?

  • Homeowners acknowledge their current insurance policy may not cover the full cost of rebuilding their current home and take responsibility for updating their coverage as they deem appropriate.

  • Home Inventory: Have you conducted a home inventory and stored it in a safe place outside of your home?

  • Conduct an inventory and store it in a safe place.

Insurance Assessment

  • Insurance Pass?

  • Comments:
    Need to be adequately insured and have a home inventory to pass.

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Evacuation

Evacuation

  • Evacuation: Have you evacuated your home (actual or practice) during a previous wildfire?

  • Conduct a practice evacuation with members of your household.

  • What did you learn?

  • Belongings: Have you prepared a written list of items to take with you and a disaster/evacuation kit?

  • Make a list and prepare a kit.

  • Notification: Have you signed up to receive free emergency alerts from the Office of Emergency Management?

  • Sign up at http://www.boulderoem.org/

  • Alternative Routes: Are you prepared to evacuate by an alternative route if your primary egress is impassable?

  • Identify alternate routes.

  • Communications: Have you planned how your family will stay in contact (or where you would meet) if separated during a wildfire?

  • Make a meeting plan.

  • Neighbors: Have you considered how you could help neighbors who have special needs such as the elderly or disabled?

  • Talk with your neighbors to see if you can help them.

  • Do you have a plan for evacuating your pets?

  • Form a plan for evacuating your pets.

Evacuation Assessment

  • Evacuation Pass?

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Community Involvement

Community Action

  • Neighbors: Have you talked to your neighbors about linking mitigation efforts?

  • Talk to your neighbors about linking efforts.

  • Community: Have you been involved in efforts to help protect your community?

  • Select all community efforts you have been involved with.

  • In the Wildfire Partners application, did you say you wanted to be a community leader?

  • What role would you like to play?

Community Assessment

  • Community Pass?

  • Comments:

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