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The area around the building has been cleared of brush and has wide defensible space, she said.

The map results would help Oregon decide where to require a tool proven to save homes from wind-driven wildfires: “defensible space.”

Typically, our reasons for staying in a battle against crushing odds are soft, even banal, but universally defensible.

The defensible space directives, meant to minimize burn risk to homes and other structures, are poised to drastically reduce the number of trees permitted in residential L.A. neighborhoods, said North.

The main emphasis was what fire-prevention specialists call Zone 0: the first five feet of defensible space surrounding a structure.