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Fire officials urge Spanish Springs residents to create defensible space and join Firewise efforts
Summary
Fire Adaptive Nevada and local wildfire officials told the Spanish Springs Citizens Advisory Board that embers, not large flame walls, are the main home threat; nearly 22,000 Nevada homes sit at moderate or higher wildfire risk and homeowners can join Firewise/Fire Adaptive programs to reduce insurance and safety risks.
Fire Adapted Nevada coordinator Kelly Nevills told the Spanish Springs Citizens Advisory Board on Thursday that embers — not a wall of flame — are the principal cause of home ignitions in large wildfires and that household-level work now can reduce future loss and insurance risk. "Most damage in homes from a fire is in the 0-to-5-foot range," Nevills said, listing vents, gutters and combustible landscaping as common failure points.
Nevills said mitigation is increasingly tied to insurability: she cited Nevada data that nearly 22,000 homes are at moderate-or-higher wildfire risk and warned that beginning in 2026 wildfire coverage may no longer be guaranteed in standard…
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