Planning · Cal Wildfire Defense
Property Fire Defense Plan
From $1,999
A complete fire defense plan for properties that demand more than a single zone map.
The Property Fire Defense Plan covers your full property — all structures, access routes for responding crews, water sources, evacuation protocols, and complete defensible space zone documentation. Built for rural properties, ranches, and multi-structure properties where a standard approach isn’t enough.
What it is
When the standard plan doesn’t fit the property.
A standard Defensible Space Plan defines zone boundaries around a single primary structure on a residential lot. That works well for most properties. But if your property has a second dwelling, a barn, a water tank, a one-road egress, or significant acreage beyond the standard defensible space zones — a single zone map doesn’t tell the full story.
The Property Fire Defense Plan is built for that complexity. It documents every structure individually, maps every access route that a responding crew would need, identifies every water source, and defines an evacuation strategy. It is a complete written record of how your property would be defended — and how it would be evacuated — if fire threatened.
On a larger rural property, fire risk doesn’t stop at 100 feet from the structure.
The fuel load on the broader acreage, the access road that may or may not allow a fire engine through, the water source that may or may not be usable for suppression — these are the details that determine whether a property survives an advancing fire. The Property Fire Defense Plan documents all of them.
Who it’s for
Rural. Ranch. Complex. Serious.
The Property Fire Defense Plan is the right service for:
- Rural residential properties with half an acre or more, where the fire risk extends meaningfully beyond the immediate structure perimeter.
- Ranch and agricultural properties with multiple structures — main residence, guest dwelling, barn, equipment storage — each requiring individual zone documentation.
- Properties with a single access road or limited egress, where the route in for a fire crew and the route out for the occupants requires specific planning.
- Properties with on-site water sources — tanks, ponds, pools — that could support suppression efforts by a responding crew and need to be documented.
- Property owners with livestock or animals for whom evacuation is not just getting in a car and driving — it requires a plan, a sequence, and mapped routes.
- Customers working with insurance carriers who require documentation that goes beyond a standard defensible space plan.
What happens
An extended engagement. A complete record.
Step 1 — Extended property walk
A CWD team member conducts a thorough walk of the full property — covering all structures and their individual zone requirements, access route evaluation for fire apparatus (width, surface, turnaround points, gate types), water source identification and documentation, and a preliminary evacuation route assessment. For larger properties, this may require more than one visit. You are present throughout. By the end of the walk, the full scope of the plan is established.
Step 2 — Plan and map production
CWD produces the full written plan and complete map set from the walk findings. This is the most production-intensive service we offer — the written document is comprehensive, the map set covers multiple aspects of the property, and every element is cross-referenced against applicable regulations. Delivery typically within seven to ten business days of the final walk.
Step 3 — Delivery and briefing
The completed plan and map set are delivered with a structured briefing — walking through the key findings, the recommended priorities, and how to use the documents with insurers, fire agencies, and in the context of any mitigation work that follows. For properties of this complexity, understanding the plan is as important as having it.
What you get
The most complete documentation CWD produces.
The Property Fire Defense Plan
A comprehensive written document covering every element of the property’s fire defense strategy: property overview and total acreage, individual structure assessments with zone documentation for each, access route documentation with fire apparatus notes, water source inventory, evacuation protocol, and a master prioritized action list across the full property. Written to the documentation standard fire agencies and insurance carriers look for.
The Full Map Set
Multiple map documents rather than a single zone map. Typically includes: a master property overview showing all structures and zones; individual structure zone maps for each structure; an access route diagram showing primary and secondary ingress and egress for responding crews; and water source locations. All maps produced to consistent standards — labeled, scaled, with legend and north arrow.
The Regulatory Compliance Summary
A plain-language summary of all applicable regulations for the property, what the plan documents against each, and how to use the plan in conversations with insurers, CAL FIRE, and local authorities.
What comes next
The plan is the foundation. Execution builds on it.
Have a property that needs a real plan?
Call CWD to talk through your property and what the Property Fire Defense Plan would cover. These engagements start with a conversation — we want to understand what you have before we scope the work.
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