You can reduce risks of wildfires damaging your home by implementing a few simple prevention measures. It is important to make those changes before a fire starts! The Alabama Forestry Commission wants to help you. This is a free sevice and there are no requirements that you complete any of our recommendations. If you live in the Wildland/Urban interface and would like a free consultation, complete and submit the following questionnaire.

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Please answer the following questions:

1) My street name and house number are clearly visible.:
select... Yes No  

2) My driveway has a 13.5 foot high clearance of vegetation for emergency vehicles to pass and has a place wide
    enough for them to turn around.
select... Yes No  

3) I have a secondary access route if needed to evacuate in case wildfire threatens.
select... Yes No  

4) I regularly mow grass, control weeds and brush to keep a minimum 30 to 100 feet area around my house of
    non-combustible fuels.
select... Yes No  

5) My wood pile, brush pile, compost pile, fuel cans, or propane tank is at least 30 to 100 feet away from my house.
select... Yes No  

6) I recycle or haul off yard debris instead of burning it.
select... Yes No  

7) My landscape plants consist of less flammable species.
select... Yes No Unknown  

8) My roof, gutters, porch and yard are clean of pine needles, leaves, dead limbs, and debris.
select... Yes No  

9) The trees around my house are thinned, pruned to 15 feet from the ground, free of ladder fuels and vines, and the crowns
    do not touch.
select... Yes No  

10) The mulch in my landscaping beds stays moist.
select... Yes No  

11) Combustible outbuildings near my house are fire safe.
select... Yes No  

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