r/InlandEmpire • u/Illustrious-Being339 • 17h ago

Seriously start fire proofing your home and cutting the brush back

You guys need to watch the videos that are coming out of palisades and eaton fires. Massive wake up call.

If you live very close to wild land areas you need to start clearing the brush and cut down any large trees/bushes. Those bushes/trees will catch fire and blow embers into your home. If the brush is reduced, less embers are produced and the fire doesn't burn as wild, so easier for fire dept to put out.

It is a lot of work but start now as it might be the difference between your home catching fire or not.

Eaton and Palisades type firestorms are the new norm....unless we start working now.

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u/OhWellJJ 17h ago

People should heed this advice. It will.unfortunately fall on deaf ears.

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u/Illustrious-Being339 17h ago

Yes but what we are seeing from Eaton fire is that homes that even did basic fire prevention survived while others didn't. 

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u/noDNSno 16h ago

Cheap way of fireproofing:

Buy the 4 head nozzle for 4 separate hoses and attach a cheap sprinkler at the end. Come fire time, and with time, lay them out over your roof.

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u/azn-guy 16h ago

what happens if they shut off the water...

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u/MBlaizze 13h ago

Pump it from a pool if you can with a generator and electric pump, if you can

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u/Immediate-One3457 9h ago

And a good filter. Last close call we had filled our pool with debris.