Photograph the ember-catch points around an invited south Redding home

Redding watched the 2018 Carr Fire burn a thousand homes inside city limits, and the lesson was that houses ignite from wind-blown embers landing on litter-filled gutters, bark mulch at the wall, and debris under decks. A room-by-room-style photo survey of an invited home's outside catch points gives the household a precise, prioritized fix list before the next east-wind event. Standard: NFPA/IBHS home ignition zone assessment practice + CAL FIRE PRC 4291; SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. Proof: Photo survey plus ranked fix list delivered Method (NFPA/IBHS home ignition zone assessment practice + CAL FIRE PRC 4291; SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities.): 1. Confirm the invitation and walk the full exterior with the resident. 2. Photograph every ember-catch point: gutter debris, vent screens, materials within 5 feet of walls, under-deck storage, fence-to-wall connections. 3. Rank the findings into resident-do, helper-do, and crew-level items on one page. 4. Review the list with the resident and mark the top three fixes. 5. Photograph the delivered list and log the survey with GPS and date. Done when: Photo survey plus ranked fix list delivered

Where

Invited homes, south Redding blocks off Westside Road, Redding, CA 96001

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 survey plus ranked fix list delivered

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.