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Prepare your home for wildfire

Prepare Your Home for Wildfire

Our homes are the places most important to us. They connect us to our loved ones, neighborhoods, communities and entire personal histories. Yet a place that holds a lifetime of memories can be gone in seconds. Wildfire is a part of nature in Colorado, so take action to prepare your home and property for wildfire and start living wildfire ready.

Our homes are the places most important to us. They connect us to our loved ones, neighborhoods, communities and entire personal histories. Yet a place that holds a lifetime of memories can be gone in seconds. Wildfire is a part of nature in Colorado, so take action to prepare your home and property for wildfire and start living wildfire ready.

More than half of all Coloradans live in the wildland-urban interface and are at risk from wildfires.

More than half of all Coloradans live in the wildland-urban interface and are at risk from wildfires.

Know Your Wildfire Risk

Grasses, shrubs and trees provide fuel for wildfires. If your home is located in or near the natural vegetation of Colorado’s grasslands, shrublands, foothills or mountains, you live in the wildland-urban interface and are at risk from a wildfire.

Start Living Wildfire Ready

You can do this! Preparing your home for wildfire can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Start with these simple, practical, low-cost actions.

By taking these actions, you will reduce the chances your home ignites during a wildfire and start to create a defensible space around your home.

Defensible space around the home

Living wildfire ready also means being ready during a wildfire. Ensure home address signs are clearly visible from the street, contact your local office of emergency management to register for emergency notifications and learn how to make an evacuation plan from Ready, Set, Go!

Take it to the next level

The more you do to prepare and plan ahead, the more likely your home will survive a wildfire.

Learn more actions you can take to reduce your wildfire risk from the Colorado State Forest Service, or consult a local natural resource professional, fire department or organization trained in wildfire mitigation practices where you live.

It is ultimately your responsibility to protect your home and property from wildfire. But wouldn't you do anything to protect your everything?

It is ultimately your responsibility to protect your home and property from wildfire. But wouldn't you do anything to protect your everything?

Live Wildfire Ready Colorado is generously funded by the State of Colorado and brought to you by:
Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control
U.S. Forest Service
Colorado State Fire Chiefs
Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources

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