Deans Tractor Works - Fire Abatement Services

Creating defensible space is essential to improve your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. It’s the buffer you create between a building on your property and the grass, trees, shrubs, or any wildland area that surround it. This space is needed to slow or stop the spread of wildfire and it protects your home from catching fire—either from direct flame contact or radiant heat. Defensible space is also important for the protection of the firefighters defending your home.

DTW specializes in fire abatement work. Cooperating with the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) and Prescott Area Wildland Urban Interface Commission (PAWUIC), we have succesfully abated many properties in Yavapai county.

FIRE-RESISTANT LANDSCAPING
A fire-resistant landscape isn’t necessarily the same thing as a well-maintained yard. This type of landscape uses fire-resistant plants that are strategically planted to resist the spread of fire to your home. Fire resistant plants are great in Arizona because they are often drought tolerant, too. The good news is, you don’t need a lot of money to make your landscape fire resistant. And you will find that a fire-resistant landscape can increase your property value and conserve water while beautifying your home.

CHOOSE FIRE-RESISTANT PLANTS AND MATERIALS
Create fire-resistant zones with stone walls, patios, decks and roadways. Use rock, mulch, flower beds and gardens as ground cover for bare spaces and as effective firebreaks. There are no “fire-proof” plants. Select high-moisture plants that grow close to the ground and have a low sap or resin content. Choose fire-retardant plant species that resist ignition such as rockrose, ice plant and aloe. Select fire-resistant shrubs such as hedging roses, bush honeysuckles, currant, cotoneaster, sumac and shrub apples. Plant hardwood, maple, poplar and cherry trees that are less flammable than pine, fir and other conifers. Check your local nursery, landscape contractor service for advice on fire-resistant plants that are suited for your area.

Links
UofA Cooperative Extension - Living with wildfire - Homeowners’ Firewise Guide for Arizona
https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1416-2016__0_25.pdf
www.firewise.org
www.azsf.gov
www.yavapaifirewise.org