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There are various ways to manage and reduce the risk of wildfires. Some preventive measures include:
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Defensible space: Clear vegetation, combustible materials, and debris away from homes and other structures to create a defensible space that can slow or stop the spread of a wildfire.
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Building design: Use fire-resistant building materials when constructing or renovating buildings in high-risk fire areas.
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Landscaping practices: Choose fire-resistant plants for landscaping around your home, maintain proper spacing between plants, and regularly remove dead leaves, branches, and grasses to minimize fuel for fires.
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Firebreaks: Constructing physical barriers like roads, trails, or cleared land that minimizes the chances of a surface spreading through unbroken lines of fuel (vegetation).
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Prescribed burns: Controlled burns can be used to decrease available fuels by burning off dry vegetation under controlled conditions reducing wildfire risk.
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Forest management techniques like thinning dense forests help lessen vulnerability on trapping heat during extreme weather conditions increases hazards related with forest fires . This technique aims at removing overgrowth giving way out toward dryer lower-soil-layered trees eventually guarding floor steepness as most important determinant within landslide potential.
