FireSmart Home Owners Manual - Wildfire Management Branch

10Home & Site Hazard AssessmentImportant Potential Point YourFactors Hazards Rating ScoreWhat type of forest Deciduous trees (poplar, birch)surrounds your home, within 10 metres of buildings 0and how far away is it? Deciduous trees 10 - 30 metresfrom buildings 0Mixed wood (poplar, birch,spruce or pine) within 10 metresof buildings 30Mixed wood 10 - 30 metresfrom buildings 10Conifers (spruce, pine or fir)within 10 metres of buildings• separated 30• continuous 30Conifers (spruce, pine or fir)within 10 - 30 metres of buildings• separated 10• continuous 30What kind of vegetation Well watered lawn or nongrowsin the zone combustible landscaping material 0around your buildings? Uncut wild grass or shrubs• within 10 metres of buildings 30• within 10 - 30 metres of buildings 5Dead and down woody materialwithin 10 metres of buildings• scattered 30• abundant 30Dead and down woody materialwithin 10 - 30 metres of buildings• scattered 5• abundant 30Are there abundant None within 10 - 30 metres 0underbrush and ladder Scatteredfuels in the surrounding • within 10 - 30 metres of buildings 5forest?Abundant• within 10 - 30 metres of buildings 10The Wildfire Hazard Level for your home is:Total ScoreLow 35 points