Heat & Energy
Community & Economy
Conservation
Ecosystem Services
Forest Management
Fuels Reduction
Brush Pile Burning
Defensible Space
Firewood Gathering
Grazing for Fuels Reduction
Mastication
Mechanical Thinning
Prescribed Burning
Other Fuels Reduction
Infrastructure
Restoration
Forest Products
Compendium References
Defensible Space
Defensible Space in terms of fire safety is the area immediately around a structure that has been landscaped both to reduce fire risk, and so that firefighters have an adequate, reasonable, and relatively safe working envelope within which to work to protect the structure.
Defensible space fuels reduction work can be cost-shared with federal funds if the community has approved a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) as per the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA).
