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The funded defensible-space checklist

A six-page PDF California homeowners use to hit CAL FIRE Zone 0/1/2 compliance, verify their Tier-2/Tier-3 status, and prefill the grant applications that actually fund vegetation-management work. Drop in your email and we'll send the checklist straight to your inbox.

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6 pages · Grant-ready · Built from CAL FIRE PRC 4291 / Gov. Code 51179

What's inside

Six sections, one PDF

The checklist covers every step a California property owner needs to complete before opening a defensible-space grant application — from the five-foot Zone 0 inspection to the document packet the funder expects on submission.

Section 01
Zone 0 — 0 to 5 feet from the structure
Verify every combustible surface within five feet of the home is cleared, and confirm Zone 0 compliance per CAL FIRE PRC 4291 / Gov. Code 51179 — the line that bridges a defensible-space inspection from a partial pass to a full pass.
Section 02
Zone 1 — 30 feet of lean, clean, green
Check limb clearance, ladder-fuel breakdown, and the dead-fuel percent across Zone 1 (5–30 feet). This is where most insurance carriers and grant reviewers look first when they score a defensible-space report.
Section 03
Zone 2 — 30 to 100 feet of reduced fuel
Map canopy cover, surface fuel density, and ladder-fuel removal in Zone 2 (30–100 feet). We include the spreadsheet template GreenGuard uses to auto-score 0–100 compliance.
Section 04
FHSZ + Tier 2/3 verification
Pull your parcel on the CAL FIRE FHSZ viewer and the OFCM Tier 2/3 map (where County Government applies), and capture the supporting screenshot for the grant file. Skip it and your application lands in the slow lane.
Section 05
Grant prefill checklist
Match your parcel against the priority-zones list — SRA, Tier 3, low-income, 62+, accessibility — and pre-populate the matching grant application. The PDF arrives with the right program already primed for copy/paste into CAL FIRE / FEMA / NRCS submissions.
Section 06
Document packet + photos
Collect the photos, parcel-APN documentation, and insurance declarations the grant program requires. The checklist ships with a one-page intake sheet GreenGuard uses internally to keep a crew on the same page with the grant review.

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Free funded defensible-space checklist (PDF)
Six pages. CAL FIRE Zone 0/1/2 compliance, FHSZ + Tier 2/3 verification, grant-prefill notes, and the document packet checklist.

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