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Embers from wildland fires can enter your house through many different routes, but exterior vegetation is not the only fuel providing those embers. Wildland fires can also be spread from structure to structure or from a structure to wildland vegetation. The most important place to begin preparing defensible space is with your home. Fortifying or retrofitting your home can be your best defense against ember intrusion.

The key to protecting your home and property from fire is to start from the house out. The Wildland Urban Interface Building Standard, also known as Chapter 7A, is a new addition to the California Building Code, and it affects how new homes are built in wildfire-prone areas.

Sources
County of Sonoma Climate Action and Resiliency Division – Home Hardening
University of California – Fire in California – Preparing Your Home

Sonoma Ecology Center works to address challenges related to water supply and quality, open space, rural character, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and a better quality of life for all residents.

https://sonomaecologycenter.org/

The UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County has been extending educational outreach and providing technical assistance to home gardeners since 1981.

https://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/

The mission of the Habitat Corridor Project is to create and promote California native plant restoration gardens in the urban environment.

http://habitatcorridorproject.org/

The primary objective and purpose of FireSafe Sonoma is to provide education, exchange information and foster fire prevention and fire safety within the County of Sonoma.

https://www.firesafesonoma.org/

Sonoma Ecology Center works to address challenges related to water supply and quality, open space, rural character, biodiversity, energy, climate change, and a better quality of life for all residents.

https://sonomaecologycenter.org/

The UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County has been extending educational outreach and providing technical assistance to home gardeners since 1981.

https://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/

The mission of the Habitat Corridor Project is to create and promote California native plant restoration gardens in the urban environment.

http://habitatcorridorproject.org/

The primary objective and purpose of FireSafe Sonoma is to provide education, exchange information and foster fire prevention and fire safety within the County of Sonoma.

https://www.firesafesonoma.org/

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