Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Excellent idea!
Definitely in the "Why didn't someone think of this before?" category. A small business in Coeur d'Alene is packaging serious fire retardant for home use. It's the same stuff they drop from planes on forest fires, except that it doesn't include the red dye. [The dye is only for convenience, so pilots can tell quickly which areas have already been sprayed.] So far the product is only being sold at one Ace Hardware, but it deserves to spread.
KREM shows a quick but convincing experiment with properly controlled variables. A piece of cardboard, half sprayed and half unsprayed. Lighted with a torch, the untreated part burns and the treated part starts to char. Not absolutely fireproof, but halts the flames.
They include a recommendation from a lady who lives in the 'forest interface'. She probably doesn't need it because she's already taken the proper steps. Metal siding, metal roof, green space. ...... Well, come to think of it, her recommendation is more powerful since she demonstrably understands the danger! 
Labels: defensible spaces
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