Fuels that could carry a fire from low-growing vegetation to taller vegetation is called a ladder fuel.

Foothill Fire Prep will:

• Remove leaf and needle debris from the yard and immediate area around homes and property
• Keep Grass and weeds well trimmed
• Remove ladder fuels by trimming weeds and creating green waste piles that will be chipped though the Fire Safety Council of Nevada County's Chipping Program
• Create defensible space along roadways, as required by the County of Nevada's Hazardous Vegetation Abatement Ordinance

Improve fire preparedness by:

• Removing leaf and needle debris from the property
• Creating a no-fuel zone around your home
• Trimming overhanging branches from buildings
• Removing tall grasses, shrubs and young trees, limbing up lower branches
• Increase space between vegetation
• Thinning smaller trees to keep the fire out of the canopy