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- Ready-Set-Go program
- Protect Your Home & Property from Wildfire
- Defensible Space for Protection Against Wildfires
- Make your home wildfire defensible
- NFPA – Preparing homes for wildfire
Minimum vertical clearance is three times the height of a shrub and the lowest tree branches.
References, Resources and More Information: (Wildfire | Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (colorado.gov))
- Ready.gov – Wildfires
- Ready, Set, Go!
- Surviving Wildfire
- Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
- Colorado State Forest Service
- National Interagency Fire Center
- U.S. Fire Administration
- US Forest Service
- National Fire Protection Association
- Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association
- Firewise
- Fire Adapted Communities
- Red Cross – Wildfire Preparedness
- InciWeb