FireWise
The community has been certified as a Firewise Community. This certification was accomplished by demonstrating that the community has met the investment in fire hazard mitigation. The investment requires a combination of monetary, educational, and physical fire hazard mitigation work. Some insurance companies have offered discounts to homeowners' insurance policies based on a community's Firewise certification. Homeowners should download the certificate and submit it to their homeowners' insurance agent to see if they offer the discount.
The POA will actively monitor and identify potential fire hazards within the community and issue abatement notices to property owners found to be in violation. Fire hazard violations include high grass and weeds, unkept undergrowth around trees, dead and fallen trees, vegetation piles, garbage and debris on the lot, and other conditions that may add to the fuel load of fire. When evaluating potential fire hazards around your home, look at the landscaping. Do you have trees that have a high ignition probability, such as cedar and palm-type trees? Does your palm tree have dead palm fronds that have accumulated and, when exposed to embers, would create a high probability of ignition? When these types of trees ignite, they put off a lot of embers, which could ignite nearby structures. Keeping palm trees maintained by pruning the dead palm fronds from the tree helps prevent these types of fire hazards.
Other conditions for homeowners to look for are making sure gutters are cleaned, moving flammable items away from the structure, consider relocating plantings a minimum of five feet away from the structure, and making other fire-safe improvements around the structure to prevent embers from entering vents, or igniting things around the home that would then ignite the structure itself.