Fire Prevention

With the weather warming up, we felt it was necessary to take a minute and talk about the importance of lot cleaning/maintenance.

Most of us think that cleaning your lot is just for looks, but there are a lot of other benefits to having a clean and healthy lot. Fire prevention, disease control, and safety are among the advantages of a cleaner lot.
FIRE PREVENTION
By cleaning up dead and downed trees, removing low lying branches, and spreading the chips from those materials, you can greatly reduce the fuel needed for a forest fire to make it to your home. It also would help keep a structure fire on your property from spreading to neighboring areas and causing damage that you could be help liable for.
DISEASE CONTROL
Cutting down trees that are too close together or diseased will help the other healthier trees flourish and grow the way they are supposed to. While you may be giving up a few trees to achieve this, the end result is a much more green and lush landscape.
SAFETY
Kids, the elderly, and even pets can have trouble navigating through an overgrown lot with logs and stumps everywhere. That could lead to injuries that would ruin an otherwise relaxing get-away. Removing certain materials, and chipping them could lend itself to trails, sitting areas, and other more useful areas on your property.

Check out our Fire Mitigation division on our website for more information about what we can do to help you achieve the beautiful lot you have always wanted. At the bottom of our page, there are some useful links to other sites dedicated to fire prevention and management.