{"id":"bark-mulch-fails-ibhs-zone-0","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"title":"Bark and wood mulch in the first five feet fail IBHS Essential Zone 0","kind":"does-not-meet-named-test","summary":"IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home requires a 0–5 foot noncombustible zone. The technical standard requires removal of combustible groundcover, including wood and rubber mulch, to bare mineral soil. Bark, wood chips, and rubber mulch in that band fail Essential.","asOf":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","scopeKind":"program","scopeRef":"ibhs-wildfire-prepared","relatedCategories":["landscaping"],"relatedProducts":["gravel-crushed-rock","river-rock","decomposed-granite"],"relatedStandards":["ibhs-wildfire-prepared"],"sources":[{"title":"2025 Wildfire Prepared Home Technical Standard","url":"https://wildfireprepared.org/wp-content/uploads/WFPH-Technical-Standard.pdf","publisher":"IBHS","sourceType":"standard-body","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"0–5 Foot Noncombustible Zone. Remove combustible groundcover such as wood and rubber mulch."},{"title":"About Wildfire Prepared Home","url":"https://wildfireprepared.org/about/","publisher":"IBHS","sourceType":"standard-body","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"Combustible items including wood mulch must be removed from the 0–5 foot zone."}],"author":"grayson-graham","reviewStatus":"draft","lastVerified":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"}}