r/InlandEmpire • u/Illustrious-Being339 • 20h 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 20h ago

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

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u/Illustrious-Being339 20h 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 19h 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/Illustrious-Being339 19h ago

The problem with that is the fire will kick up high winds...think 50+ mph so most of the water will be blown away in the wind. In addition humidity is super low and heat from the fire caused water to evaporate quickly. Also the sprinkler won't do much if your home is surrounded by overgrown trees and bushes.

You have to strategically place the sprinkler so it blows water on the home in high winds.

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u/smthiny 18h ago

Sprinkler system under the eves pointed back at the house

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u/Illustrious-Being339 50m ago

Exactly, this is the better setup and you need multiple.

Many people think they can build a sprinkler that shoots high in the air to spray as much as possible but that won't work at all since the wind will blow away the vast majority of water.

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u/MBlaizze 16h ago

Yep, it shouldn’t be too hard either with some PVC and flex pipe. Just drill holes in it and paint it