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Re:Years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western ... by Retric on Thursday August 05, 2021 @08:18PM (#28081745)
That’s really not enough, forest fires are basically distributed denial of service attack. A tiny spark which wouldn’t be a significant issue on it’s own can destroy a house when nobody is there actively protecting it.

Clearing vegetation and material selection can make a huge difference, just don’t expect a normal house to be ok anywhere near a fire.

Re:Years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western ... by throw0101a on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:00PM (#28082824)
Embers are actually the things that cause the most damage:

* https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2015/03/does-y...

* https://ibhs.org/ibhs-news-releases/embers-cause-up-to-90-of...

It seems that by dealing with anything on/near your structure that can be ignited by them can reduce risk by quite a lot.