Defensible Space
Lower the risk without losing the landscape.
Good defensible space work is selective, not scorched-earth. A certified arborist reads the slope, the prevailing wind and the species on site, then removes the fuel that actually matters — leaving the mature trees that make the property worth protecting.
Immediately around the structure
Overhanging limbs pulled back from roofs and eaves, ladder fuels removed, and vegetation touching the building cleared so embers have nothing close to catch.
The working landscape
Thinning and spacing between canopies and shrub masses to break the continuity fire uses to travel, while keeping the specimen trees that give the property its character.
The outer perimeter
Deadwood, downed limbs and heavy fuel loads reduced along slopes and property edges, with access lanes kept passable for emergency crews.