Wildfire Home and Property Checklist
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Use the following checklist to help determine what parts of a home and the surrounding property may be most vulnerable during a wildfire. After completing the checklist, download the IBHS Wildfire Retrofit Guide for your area or check out the specific retrofit and maintenance projects at disastersafety.org/wildfire.
Know Your Space: Create defensible space to keep wildfire from getting too close to your property.
PROPERTY
❑ Slope / Terrain
❑ Location of home on parcel
❑ Defensible space
❑ 0-5’
❑ 5-30’
❑ 30-100’
HOME
❑ Roof
❑ Fire rating of covering
❑ Shape
❑ Edges
❑ Skylights
❑ Vents and Other Openings
❑ Face perpendicular to wind
❑ Face parallel to wind
❑ Ridge vents
❑ Mesh screens
❑ Exterior Wall
❑ Type
❑ Foundation type / clearance
❑ Eave type (under-eave construction)
❑ Windows / Doors
❑ Attachments
❑ Deck
❑ Enclosure
❑ Garage
❑ Fence
