Firebreak Maintenance

What This Service Involves

Defensible firebreaks only work when they are maintained clear ahead of fire season. Our crews mow, cut, and clear designated fuel breaks to the width and standard your agency and fire district require. We reduce accumulated brush and ladder fuels along the break and haul or chip material per your disposal plan. Documented completion supports interagency wildfire-preparedness reporting.

Benefits

Reduces wildfire spread risk around public lands; maintains firebreaks to fire-district width standards; removes accumulated brush and ladder fuels; provides completion records for preparedness reporting

Our Process

1) Confirm firebreak locations, widths, and standards with the fire district; 2) Schedule work ahead of fire season; 3) Mow, cut, and clear fuels to specification; 4) Dispose of material and document the completed break

What Affects the Cost

Total break length and required width; density of brush and ladder fuels; disposal or chipping method; terrain and access difficulty; coordination with fire agencies

Best Time of Year

Firebreak maintenance is completed in late spring to early summer, ahead of Western Washington's dry fire season.