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Prepare your home

Though our community is at high risk for wildfire, there are steps we can take as individuals and as a group to help reduce our risk.

Learn how to give your home the best chance of surviving in the event of a wildfire.

WIldfire Home retrofit guide

View best practices on how to harden your home to make it more ignition-resistant.

Sign up for a free wildfire home assessment

A representative from Lake Wenatchee Fire & Rescue will walk with you around your home to help you find areas that are vulnerable to embers during a wildfire. LWFR will not share this info with insurance agencies.

Where to start?

Click on either of these flyers to see specific things you can do to prepare your home for wildfire.

For more resources go to:
ibhs.org/wildfireready/

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Partner Resources:

Programs available for landowners

Fuels Reduction Assistance

If you or someone you know would like support with fuels reduction around the home, assistance is available.

Forest Health Assistance

Treatments like thinning, pruning, brushing, and woody debris management can help increase the resilience of your property to drought, insect and disease stress, and wildfire.

Firewise USA Microgrant

Are you and your neighbors planning some mitigation projects for this spring? Apply for a microgrant (up to $4,000) while funds are still avilable!

The Ember-Resistant Zone
0–5 feet

ZONE 1

The Lean, Clean and Green Zone
5–30 feet

ZONE 3

The Reduced Fuel Zone
30–100 feet +

This image and text are from the Living with Fire Website. Click on their logo to learn more:

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