The Association describes three zones around your house where you can take action: Immediate, Intermediate, and Extended. There are specific things you can do within each zone. Starting this month, I will provide information to help you complete a recommended activity. I'll focus on one activity each month. Of course, these activities are optional, in no way required, and offered as suggestions to help you protect your home.
For this first issue we’ll start with one of the things that can be done within 5 feet of the house, the Immediate Zone. In future issues I'll describe the activities in the Intermediate Zone (beginning in April) and then in the Extended Zone.
The Association recommends doing the following three things in the Immediate Zone:
In this newsletter, I am providing information on the first item above: keeping flammable materials away from exterior walls. There is a list of flammable plants posted on the Firewise website. Bushes that are not trimmed are more flammable, so be sure to keep bushes near the house trimmed.
A further note about mulch. It should be kept away from exterior walls of the house, so what do you do about mulched gardens and flower beds adjoining your house? A neighbor suggested installing an 18-inch wide gravel buffer between the house and the mulch. Thanks for the suggestion.
Please share information on the Nextdoor website. In addition to this monthly newsletter, I will post updates on the bulletin board near the mailboxes and on Nextdoor.
Susan Korfanty, Firewise Coordinator - (540) 543-3913
Email: firewise@malvernofmadison.org
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