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Experts urge home hardening and plant choices to reduce wildfire ignition risk
Summary
A Core Electric wildfire mitigation manager and a local presenter outlined inexpensive home hardening steps, the home‑ignition zone concept and resources for fire‑resistant plants at the Conifer town hall.
Jordan Brogene, wildfire mitigation program manager for Core Electric, and Marilyn Salzman, a community presenter, addressed home hardening, ember hazards and plant choices at the Conifer Area Council meeting Feb. 20.
Brogene summarized that most catastrophic home losses during wildfires are driven by embers or firebrands and framed mitigation around the "home ignition zone" — the structure and the 0–5 foot immediate area and the 5–30 foot intermediate zone around a house. He advised low‑cost mitigations: keep roofs and gutters free of leaf litter and pine needles; install metal flashing at roof‑to‑wall junctions to prevent ember…
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