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Protecting more than just our homes and businesses Helping Save Lives, Memories and The Environment |
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FIRE PROTECTION AT AFORDABLE PRICES! NEXT TIME YOU LANDSCAPE USE FIRE RESISTANT PLANTS Brush Control/thinning and Landscape We offer a complete line of landscape services, tree trimming and brush control and retardants. We know the flammability of most plants and trees and can advise you on which plants are dangerous. Eucalyptus and pine trees are like gasoline next to your house. Removing or trimming trees can significantly increase the survivability of your home. Minor adjustments are inexpensive and can increase the life of your roof, beatify your property and reduce water bills. Are you going to say I which we had pruned that tree from the motel room trying to find the agents phone number. Now is the time to trim trees and brush not when the wind is driving a fire straight to your house.
Many of the yards/landscapes were designed years ago, before water prices soared. You can actually save money by changing your landscape.
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If you live near the Wildland Urban Interface the chances are that you will have a fire raging toward you home. You wont be able to do anything about your landscape at that point in time. Act now to reduce the combustibles around you property. |
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Plants are the primary fuel during wildfires, and both living and dead plant material will burn. When comparing the flammability of different plants, one should first consider the leaves and small branches, which are lightweight fuels that ignite easily and burn rapidly. These lightweight fuels, or light fuels, facilitate the spread of an advancing fire and carry the fire to heavier fuels, such as larger branches or even houses. Leaves from different plant species ignite and burn at different rates and intensities depending on chemical and structural characteristics. The most important characteristics of light fuels that influence their flammability are:
The amount of water in a leaf, or its moisture content. The moisture content of leaves varies significantly by season, as well as by local weather and site conditions, such as air humidity and soil moisture, but differences also exist between plant species growing under the same conditions. Plants that have thick, succulent leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and century plants, generally maintain high leaf moisture content, even during droughts, and thus have a low flammability. Most living leaves are at least 50% water by weight. When exposed to heat or a flame, a leaf will not catch fire until most of its water is lost (primarily through evaporation). Therefore, leaves with the highest moisture content generally take the longest to ignite. Dead leaves are much drier than living leaves and can not be rehydrated. |
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The amount of water in a leaf, or its moisture content. The moisture content of leaves varies significantly by season, as well as by local weather and site conditions, such as air humidity and soil moisture, but differences also exist between plant species growing under the same conditions. Plants that have thick, succulent leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and century plants, generally maintain high leaf moisture content, even during droughts, and thus have a low flammability. Most living leaves are at least 50% water by weight. When exposed to heat or a flame, a leaf will not catch fire until most of its water is lost (primarily through evaporation). Therefore, leaves with the highest moisture content generally take the longest to ignite. Dead leaves are much drier than living leaves |
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The size and shape of leaves. Small, needle-like leaves, like those on pines and cedars, are generally more flammable than wider, flat leaves, such as those on maples, oaks, and hickories. The broad leaves of palms (called fronds) are exceptions to this rule, as they tend to have a relatively high flammability. Leaf thickness is important because thick leaves have more plant tissue (and often more water) relative to the area of exposed surface than thin leaves. Due to these physical properties, when most thin leaves are exposed to fire, they ignite faster than thick leaves. When dead leaves drop from a tree, their shape can affect whether they get caught in shrubs below and thereby increase the flammability of those shrubs. For example, the fact that pine needles are attached at the base increases their likelihood of getting caught on small branches as they fall, and the flammability of shrubs and small trees increases as needles accumulate.
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