Photograph the ember-catch points around an invited Roseland home

Santa Rosa learned in 2017 that wind-blown embers from a fire miles away can burn a city neighborhood — and Roseland's older, closely-spaced homes with dry side yards and debris-filled gutters share the same vulnerabilities that decided which houses survived. A photo survey of each invited home's ignition points — gutters, vents, fence lines, stored fuels — gives the household its prioritized hardening list. Standard: CAL FIRE home ignition zone assessment guidance; SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). Proof: Photo-documented ignition-zone checklist Method (CAL FIRE home ignition zone assessment guidance; SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities).): 1. Walk the home's exterior with the occupant, corner by corner. 2. Photograph gutters, attic and crawl vents, fence-to-wall junctions, woodpiles, and vegetation within 5 feet of walls. 3. Score each item on the ignition-zone checklist and rank the top five fixes. 4. Leave the checklist with the household. 5. File the photo set and checklist as one dated packet. Done when: Photo-documented ignition-zone checklist

Where

Invited homes near West Avenue and Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Pay

$80 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Photo-documented ignition-zone checklist

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-01

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–90 minutes. Method of record: NFPA 1144 / Firewise USA structure-ignition-zone defensible-space assessment — documentation-only from a safe public/yard vantage

Bring

• camera with zoom
• GPS-capable phone
• tape measure or pace-count reference
• Firewise USA zone checklist
• field notebook

Steps

1. 1. Document only — photograph Zone 0 (0-5 ft from the structure), Zone 1 (5-30 ft) and Zone 2 (30-100 ft) from the driveway or yard edge; never enter dense brush or approach a structurally questionable outbuilding.
2. 2. Note vegetation type, spacing and ladder-fuel presence (brush touching tree canopy) in each zone from the safe vantage.
3. 3. Photograph the roof material, gutters, vents, and any firewood or combustible material stacked against the structure.
4. 4. Compile the zone-by-zone findings into a defensible-space checklist naming what a licensed/credentialed vegetation-management crew should clear first; never clear, cut, or move anything during this survey.

If it does not match the plan

• Any combustible material (mulch, firewood, dry vegetation) touching the structure in Zone 0 -> flag as highest-priority clearing item.
• Ladder fuel (brush contacting tree canopy) found in Zone 1 -> flag for a credentialed crew's thinning pass.
• Any structurally unstable or fire-damaged outbuilding observed -> do not approach; note location only and route to the local fire authority.

What counts as done

• Photo set covering all three ignition zones from a safe, named vantage point
• Roof/gutter/combustible-storage condition photographed
• Zone-by-zone checklist compiled naming the follow-on clearing job

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.