What is considered "Fire hazardous vegetation"?
Fire hazardous vegetation includes plants which can burn easily because they generate dry undergrowth, contain flammable oils or produce significant quantities of dead or dying material. Hazardous vegetation is fuel which must be removed or strictly maintained so as not to constitute a fire hazard by igniting easily and then contributing to rapid fire spread. Seasonally dry grass, weeds, brush, and unmaintained and unirrigated trees and ornamental vegetation are examples of fire hazardous vegetation. Properly chipped, mulched and disbursed material does not constitute fire hazardous vegetation. Fire hazardous vegetation is also known as flammable vegetation and combustible growth.

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1. What are "Very High Fire Hazard Severity (VHFHS) Zones"?
2. What is meant by the term "defensible space"?
3. What are fire resistant plants?
4. What is considered "Fire hazardous vegetation"?
5. What is "Ornamental landscaping"?
6. What is a "Firebreak"?
7. What is a fuel break?