Making your home and community safer and surviving a wildfire is a process that will be well worth the effort to be prepared.

Some projects can be done in a weekend or two, although it is essential to remember that routine maintenance must be a part of any long-term plan to reduce your home's vulnerability from wildfires.

Wildfires can be challenging to control, and what is controllable is how you prepare your home and surroundings before fire threatens.

A valuable link between survival and destruction is the steps one can take to reduce the chance of a fire's initial ignition around your h...