Defensible Space

Defensible space is an area either natural or man made where material capable of allowing a fire to spread unchecked has been treated cleared or modified to slow the rate and intensity of an advancing wildfire and to create an area for fire suppression operations to occur.

Defensible space. Defensible space is also used in the context of wildfires especially in the wildland urban interface wui. Image the capacity of the physical design to impart a sense of security. There are five factors that make a defensible space. Defensible space it s the buffer you create between a building on your property and the grass trees shrubs or any wildland area that surround it.

A defensible space in the context of fire control is a natural and or landscaped area around a structure that has been maintained and designed to reduce fire danger. Keep your property lean and green to help protect your family and home. This space is needed to slow or stop the spread of wildfire and it helps protect your home from catching fire either from direct flame contact or radiant heat. A defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation debris and other types of combustible fuels have been treated cleared or reduced to slow the spread of fire to and from the building.

2020 fire season is here resources to help you prepare. Territoriality the idea that one s home is sacred natural surveillance the link between an area s physical characteristics and the residents ability to see what is. The practice is sometimes called firescaping. Defensible space is defined as a residential environment whose physical characteristics building layout and site plan function to allow inhabitants themselves to become key agents in ensuring their security design guidelines for creating defensible space by oscar newman 1976 published by national institute of law enforcement and criminal justice united states.