This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopt wildfire mitigation landscape standards to reduce the risk of wildfire spreading between properties. | Wildfire | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyProperty | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Develop tree canopy and vegetation retention requirements that are balanced with vegetation-free areas for wildfire protection. | Wildfire | Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy | SoutheastNorthwest | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment Washington Coast Resilience Action Demonstration Project |
| Work with fire mitigation professionals to develop program incentives to create buffers around all structures through the removal or reduction of flammable vegetation, including the vertical clearance | Wildfire | Property | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 20) |
| Work with fire mitigation professionals to develop program incentives to replace flammable vegetation with less-flammable species on privately-owned property. | Wildfire | Property | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 20) |
| Work with fire mitigation professionals to develop program incentives to create defensible zones around critical facilities. | Wildfire | Critical Facilities | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 20) |
| Adopt regulations and launch programs to address the home ignition zone — areas on or near homes where embers can land and easily ignite. Examples of actions that reduce the spread of fire in home ignition | Wildfire | Property | Northwest | Missoula, MT Regional Adaptation Strategy (p. 43 (pdf p. 59)) |
| Conduct site assessments at local government facilities and ensure effective management of vegetation, defensible space and hardening of assets as feasible for wildfire preparedness. | Wildfire | Critical FacilitiesProperty | Southwest | Climate Resilient San Diego (p. 58 (pdf p. 64)) |
| Require fire-safe protective site design (e.g., leave fire-breaks around structures such as as parking lots or lawns). | Wildfire | Property | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 211 (pdf p. 223)) |
| Limit fire-sources (fuel) in residential and commercial areas related to landscaping materials (i.e. pine straw), type and proximity to structures | Wildfire | Property | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 211 (pdf p. 223)) |
| Require, through a brush ordinance, property construction and maintenance for “defensible space.” | Wildfire | Property | Northwest | Ashland Climate and Energy Action Plan (p. 67) |
| Promote fire safe landscaping practices for residential and commercial development. | Wildfire | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyCritical FacilitiesProperty | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
