Firebreaks before
your insurance renewal.

Why now

• Fire season is over. Cutting and mowing carry far less ignition risk.
• Renewal timing. If your insurer asks what you’ve done, you’ll have it done and documented.
• Winter shows the problem. With growth cut back, you can see ladder fuels, dead brush and what’s too close to structures.
• Spring is crowded. Getting ahead of the rush means it’s done before the next dry season.

What the work involves

Firebreak and fuel-reduction work focuses on knocking back heavy brush, blackberry, scotch broom and ladder fuels around homes, outbuildings and along property lines, with treatment getting less intense as you move away from the structure. We do it with the same skid-steer brush cutter we use for land clearing. See the firebreaks and fuel reduction page.

For the zones and what Oregon rules and insurers actually look at, read defensible space in western Oregon.

Document it

• Take before and after photos from the same angles.
• Keep invoices that describe the work and the area treated.
• Ask your insurer exactly what they need to see. Requirements differ.

What we can’t promise

We can’t speak for your insurance company or promise a particular outcome with them. What we can do is the clearing, and give you clear records of what was done.

Keep it up

Fuel reduction isn’t one and done. Brush regrows, so a yearly mow keeps the work from slipping. See land management.