Living in a Natural Fire Environment
Examples of Local Fire Behavior
Frequently Asked Questions About Defensible Space
Creating an Effective Defensible Space
Firescape - Fire Safe Landscape Design
Other Considerations in Making Your Home Survivable
Photo courtesy CDF
Living with Fire is one of the most popular self-help guides for wildland/urban interface residents ever published. Hundreds of thousands have been printed, and several regional versions have been created.
The version of Living with Fire on this website was created by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group, and is written specifically for Pacific Northwest homeowners. It includes fire behavior information that incorporates vegetative fuel, topography and weather factors found in Oregon and Washington. It also includes plants and plant-care advice for shrubs and trees commonly found in Pacific Northwest wildlands and nurseries.
There are two ways to read the PNWCG edition of Living with Fire. Starting here, you can flip from page to page by clicking on the "Go to next page" text, found at the bottom of each page. Use the menu, left, to quickly go to specific sections. To return to this page, click on the Living with Fire photo at the top of the menu.
The second way to read this edition of Living with Fire is to download and print a complete copy of the publication. For this you must have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, Click here to start the download (File size: 3.51 MB).
The original Living with Fire, A Guide for the Homeowner was created by the University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative Extension Service.
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Contact:
Brian
Ballou
Oregon Department of Forestry
(541) 665-0662
Last update: Jan. 24, 2006