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Protect Your Home Accessibility |
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Access to your property can often determine if your
property receives protection or not. Firefighters often have with them
large pieces of equipment and cannot compromise their own safety to
defend a home or property. Before a firefighter will commit their
equipment to a house, they must ensure they will have an easy escape
route should a swift retreat be required. This often means a need for wide roads with thinned vegetation along the sides providing visibility around corners. Overhanging vegetations, such as tree branches, should be cleared from roads. Driveways should to be designed to allow large trucks to approach the house. Any and all bridges should be designed to support the weight of large equipment. All roads should restrictions on weight and height clearly posted, and all dead-end roads should be clearly marked to allow enough room for a fire engine to easily turn-around should it be needed. All one-way roads should periodically have turnarounds spaced along them. Double check your street is named or numbered, and a sign is visibly posted at each street intersection. If your house is not easily visible from the road, post your house address at the beginning of your driveway. Also make sure your street name and house number are not duplicated elsewhere in the county.
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