California homeowners and builders in fire hazard zones
Free Zone 0 checklist for your California home: what to clear within 5 feet of the house, when the rule reaches you, and what earns insurance credit.
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The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Fuel break plan door.
Modeled on: California Public Resources Code 4291
From public data
around the house is the ember-resistant zone (Zone 0) that California's defensible space law adds inside the 100-foot rule
Source: Cal. Public Resources Code 4291
Name your fuel break and answer four questions. Read a draft scoping letter and decision memo under the fuel-break CE (16 U.S.C. 6592b), free.
Questions
It's the ember-resistant zone within 5 feet of a building. California law adds it inside the 100 feet of defensible space, with more intense fuel reduction between 5 and 30 feet. Attached decks count as part of the structure.
The law applies it to new structures once the Board of Forestry updates its regulations and guidance, and to existing structures 3 years after that. Check CAL FIRE or your local fire agency for the current status.
California's Safer from Wildfires program lists ten mitigation actions that qualify for a discount, including a 5-foot ember-resistant zone that covers fencing, a Class A roof and fine-mesh vents.
Related doors
What's the name of your fuel break?
Which community or fire district is it for?
Where do your crews work outdoors?
Where is your Firewise community?
Where is the home?
What's the name of your burn unit?
Answer it and ePlan opens the Fuel break plan door, which drafts the paperwork.