Glossary / Zone 0

Zone 0

The first five feet from exterior walls and attached decks. Keep it largely noncombustible. It is not a planting palette.

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Where this term is used

110 guides use this term.

• A million prescribed acres and your backyard
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• California AB 38 seller disclosure
• California FAIR Plan
• Can one yard be hurricane-tough and ember-tough
• Cedar glades versus cedar hedges
• Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code adoption

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