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Zone 1

The defensible-space band often 5–30 feet from walls. Fire-resistant plants belong here, not in Zone 0. It is not a Zone 0 spec.

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Do not use as a synonym: the five feet.

Related

• zone 0
• zone 2
• defensible space
• landscaping
• ibhs-wildfire-prepared
• Zone 0 versus Zone 1 versus Zone 2

Where this term is used

22 guides use this term.

• Cedar glades versus cedar hedges
• Could the 1947 Maine fires happen again
• Crosstimbers and red flags
• Defensible space vs tree preservation
• Does anything here not grow fast and wet
• East of the Cascades is a different state
• Fence as a wick
• How the WUI is mapped

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