DRIVEWAYS, ROADS, AND
ACCESS
Wyoming offers many opportunities for
beautiful, secluded and private home locations. But in the event of a
wildland fire, we need to ensure that firefighters can find our home,
have access to defend it, and that we can safely evacuate if we need
to.
Follow these guidelines
to make your home FIREWISE:
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- Keep your driveways as short as
possible.
- Make sure any road leading to your
house allows two-way traffic, is not too steep and does
not have curves that are too sharp to accommodate fire
trucks.
- Access roads should be a minimum of
22 feet wide.
- Your driveway should be a minimum of
12 feet wide.
- Driveways and access roads should
have a minimum of 14 feet vertical clearance, and a slope
of less than 12 feet per 100 feet.
- If your driveway is 150 long or
longer, provide a 45 foot urnaround or loop road, and a
turn-out somewhere near the middle.
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- Address numbers should be 4" tall, in
reflective numerals, visible and legible from a moving
vehicle on the roadway, day or night.
- If the house cannot be seen from the
road, the address should be at the driveway entrance or
on the mailbox.
- The home itself should have the
address prominently displayed in large numbers which
contrast with the house color.
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- Clear vegetation back from the road
at least fifteen feet.
- Branches that overhang the road or
driveway should be pruned-up to 15 feet.
- Check power or telephone lines that
run near or over driveways or lanes, ensure there is
enough clearance to drive fire equipment underneath (15
feet minimum).
- If not, contact your utility
company.
- Bridges should be strong enough to
support a fire truck weighing about 18 tons. If not, post
the weight limit on both sides of the bridge.
- If you lock your entrance gate, leave
a key with your local fire department.
- Ideally, your home site will have two
routes of entrance and exit.
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