Land Clearing for Fire Safety

in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles Counties
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Land clearing for Defensible Space is essential for protecting your property. When clearing the land around your property, it’s important to address the fire risks both in the air and on the ground, those being the trees close to your structures and the brush within 100 feet of your property. Those residing in the High Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the the State of California, including in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties, are required to maintain defensible space on their property and surrounding structures according to their county’s local requirements. We stay up to date with these requirements year by year and are ready to help create your defensible space. 

Diagram of land clearing requirements for defensible space

Our land clearing services

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Clearing brush within 100 ft of structures, 10 ft of roadside surfaces, and 10 feet of the combustible fence

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Trimming lower branches of trees taller than 18 feet to within 6 feet of the ground.

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Trimming lower branches of trees shorter than 18 feet to one third of the trees total height.

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Trimming branches of trees to maintain at least 5 feet of vertical clearance over structures.

Why choose us for your land clearing?

You can leave it all to us.

We will identify what needs to be cleared or work with your fire safety inspector to handle both your trees and brush.

We might be able to help you with insurance.

We are fully up to date with the standards for fire abatement in your county and might be able to help you reinstate your insurance or lower your premium.

Safety and peace of mind.

The safety of our clients and our team is our highest priority and we are licensed, bonded, and insured. If anything goes wrong on the job, we’ll have it handled.

Is your home insurance threatened?

Here’s a pro tip: Request an inspection at Wild Fire Prepared and you may be given a list of hazards to address and insurance could be reinstated upon remediation.

Common tree trimming mistakes

Trees that are improperly pruned are put under stress or damaged permanently. If a tree is improperly pruned, its lifespan can be severely shortened and there is nothing you can do to bring it back to health. Common tree trimming mistakes including over-pruning, topping, using blunt and unsanitary chainsaws, and using spikes on shoes to climb a tree. Topping a tree is drastically cutting all of a tree's limbs from a random point, often to reduce the height of the tree. This creates an ugly, diseased, and dangerous tree. If chainsaws and other equipment are not sharpened before each use, cuts will not be clean. Also, if equipment is not disinfected before each use, it can spread disease. Tree climbing spikes should only ever be used if removing a tree, never when pruning a tree. Spikes damage a tree's bark, leaving gaping wounds, susceptible to disease. Hire a professional company that is licensed, bonded, and insured, and which has a team of expert climbers, decades of experience, and integrity.

Tree Trimming by topping of tops of tree branches

Tree Topping

It is never a good idea to top a tree. Not only is it ugly, it also damages the tree and shortens its lifespan.

Tree Trimming with blunt and unsanitary chainsaws

Blunt and unsanitary chainsaws

Improper chainsaw maintenance can lead to bad cuts and the spread of disease.

Tree Trimming with spikes

Spikes

Tree climbers should never use spikes when trimming a tree. Spikes damage bark, making it susceptible to disease. Spikes should only be used if removing a tree.

Tree Trimming with spikes

Lion Tailing

Trees branches should not be trimmed to look like a lions tail. This happens when the inner branches of a tree are over-trimmed, leaving just the tree canopy. This weakens the tree drastically, as they become too top heavy and imbalanced.

About us

Experienced

We have serviced Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles for over 35 years.

Credentialed

We are a professional business - licensed, bonded, and insured.

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Family-owned

We're a family-owned business. We care about the service we provide.

Certified arborists

Our team is comprised of certified arborists, who prioritize the health and safety of trees when performing all tree work. 

Safety conscious

Tree work is dangerous. We pride ourselves in upholding high safety standards for both the safety of our crews and clients. 

Excellent Service

The properties we serve and the relationships we’ve developed with clients are not viewed as one time events, but rather as years long affairs. We are committed to the long term health of your property.

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