Rake leaf litter and pine needles and clear ground-level gutters at a resident's own home on the corridor, home 2, resident homes along the N Temple Drive / Park Street corridor, Diboll, TX 75941 (own-home) (2026-07-24)

This home has a thick buildup of pine needles and leaf litter across the yard and in the gutters, both classic ember-catching fuel in the wildland-urban interface surrounding this piney-woods town. Standard: NFPA 1144 / Firewise USA structure-ignition-zone defensible-space assessment and vegetation management (Zone 0 0-5ft, Zone 1 5-30ft, Zone 2 30-100ft), applied here to a home in the piney-woods wildland-urban interface surrounding Diboll. Entry rung is documentation-only or occupant-safe ground-level work from a safe vantage; hands-on vegetation clearing with power tools near structures/slopes is licensed or credentialed-crew work only. SDG 11.b resilience. Proof: homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + debris-volume log + single-story confirm + GPS Method (NFPA 1144 / Firewise USA structure-ignition-zone defensible-space assessment and vegetation management (Zone 0 0-5ft, Zone 1 5-30ft, Zone 2 30-100ft), applied here to a home in the piney-woods wildland-urban interface surrounding Diboll. Entry rung is documentation-only or occupant-safe ground-level work from a safe vantage; hands-on vegetation clearing with power tools near structures/slopes is licensed or credentialed-crew work only. SDG 11.b resilience.): 1. 1. Walk the home's roofline and yard from the ground with the resident, in dry conditions, and photograph accumulated leaf litter and pine needles on the ground and in ground-visible gutters before starting. 2. 2. Rake and bag leaf litter and pine needles from the yard and defensible-space zone by hand. 3. 3. On a single-story home only, use a ground-standing extension tool or gutter-cleaning wand to clear visible debris from the gutters without climbing a ladder onto the roof or eaves. 4. 4. Photograph the cleared yard and gutters from the matching before vantage and log the debris volume removed. Done when: homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + debris-volume log + single-story confirm + GPS

Where

resident homes along the N Temple Drive / Park Street corridor, Diboll, TX 75941 (own-home)

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

homeowner/resident-permission record + before/after photos + debris-volume log + single-story confirm + GPS

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

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-23

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.