If you feel like every year the wildfires get worse, you’re not alone in thinking this. They actually are! Climate change is making wildfires even worse. Not only is the average wildfire season three and a half months longer than it was a few decades back, but the number of annual large fires in the western states has tripled. They now burn twice as many acres as they did before.
Climate change is to blame for more than half of the increase in areas vulnerable to fire since 1984. Climate change creates conditions that favor wildfires, including hotter temperatures, deeper droughts, and drier vegetation. As the planet warms, fires start earlier in the year, last longer, and get bigger. This doesn’t mean there is nothing you can do other than watch your property burn, thankfully.
If a spark happens in the presence of oxygen and fuel, such as dry grass, brush or trees, a wildfire fire can start. Conditions in the weather and environment can cause the fire to spread quickly to the point where it is out of control in no time. Fires need lots of fuel to grow. Overgrown forests, dry and dead brush, and thick vegetation can fuel a fire to grow too rapidly to easily contain. This isn’t bad news; it’s actually good news. It means you can do something about your risk!
As a property or business owner, it is your responsibility to keep your land free from hazards that can affect a fire spreading and impact the community at large. Your Skid Steer can help! Simply put the Skid Steer attachments brush cutter on and get to work. Ensuring that weeds and hazardous vegetation are cleared and removed around structures is an important public safety activity for both you as the property owner and the community as a whole. Under the right conditions, wildfires can spread rapidly from your land to others. This can cause loss of life as well as significant property damage.
Unfortunately weed, vegetation, and brush abatement is not a once in a while problem. A property owner will likely need to have their property addressed more than once during the year in order to meet fire safety standards. Although it is important all year long, it is even more critical that your property be maintained during the high fire months, usually from April through October.
Doing this brush cutting yourself is a cost effective solution. Otherwise, you’ll be paying a company to come out and clear your property on a pretty regular basis. They’ll be doing a job you can easily do yourself!
Vegetation removal including shrub, weed, and brush removal, the trimming of trees, branch removal around power lines and buildings, wood chipping, and hauling away the unwanted stuff can all be done with the help of your Skid Steer front loader. Find one of the reliable, reputable Skid Steer attachment companies online and order your needed attachments. It’ll arrive soon and you can begin clearing your property in a way that makes it safer for everyone.