[MCN] A best way to protect homes from fire?

[Lance Olsen]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-u-s-west-can-live-with-fire/

Excerpts

Experts say the keys to adapting Western lives to 
these wildfire risks lie in how fires and the 
lands that fuel them are managed; and in how 
yards, neighborhoods and cities are planned, 
built and run.

"The end game is to reduce the risk of structure 
ignition," Schmidt said. "Embers are one of the 
most significant threats to any structure during 
a wildfire. What we want our residents to do is 
reduce the likelihood of that ember landing on 
something that it likes. It's really going to 
like dried pine needles in a gutter. What we want 
to do is change what it lands on with less 
combustible material."

That has meant residents clearing their rooftops 
of debris, and replacing timber-based roofs and 
other flammable building materials with 
fire-resistant ones. It has also meant clearing 
firewood, pine needles and shrub from around 
homes and beneath decks.
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