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The checklist, zone by zone

Three pages. Walk the property with it this weekend. It's the same sequence we follow on a site visit, minus the judgment calls on trees — those are the part you hire us for.

• Zone 0 (0–5 ft): the ember-resistant zone — mulch, plants, fences, gates, what's under the deck
• Zone 1 (5–30 ft): ladder fuels, shrub islands, spacing, firewood, the stuff under trees
• Zone 2 (30–100 ft): spacing by slope, dead material, access
• Trees: roof and chimney clearance, deadwood, the species to look at hardest
• The Bay Area high-hazard plant list, with what to replace each one with
• A seasonal rhythm: what to do in March, June, September

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