Scientists expect the risk of large wildfires to increase sixfold during the next 20 years.
When areas have record-breaking dry spells combined with record-breaking heat, wildfires become more and more of a risk. Newer housing tracts built adjacent to dry grasslands become increasingly vulnerable. Without much green vegetation, all the dried grass and bushes act like kindling that easily catches fire as conditions become increasingly dry.
What better way to protect your roof (and increase your insulation) than growing a garden on it? Growing a field of succulents there can create an almost solid layer of water.
One of the most simple, inexpensive, and effective wildfire protection measures includes various ways of creating swales perpendicular to slopes. By making earthen berms, trenches, or just laying fallen trees across the contours, more water stays longer under dry trees and brush. This can also create a firebreak and slow or prevent erosion and flooding. It keeps the fallen logs more moist and resistant to burning. Even more effective in preventing grass fires, the more water is saved and slowly released, the larger the benefit. Our simple and effective BluSoak systems increase these benefits. These just work with the water naturally in the swale but can also be connected to a manual or automatically-controlled water supply line to increase these benefits further.
