To keep our Firewise recognition active (and qualify for insurance discounts), each fall we must submit data on wildfire risk reduction efforts.
For 2026, here’s what we’ll need from each household (same questions as last year):
VOLUME of vegetation removed*
TIME spent fireproofing any/everything
MONEY spent fireproofing any/everything
MILEAGE used for NRG Firewise projects.
Please gather this data now, for the upcoming survey:
VOLUME of vegetation (cubic yards*); how much did you:
a. Haul away
b. Reduce by burning
c. Recycle/reuse elsewhere.
TIME spent (hours) on wildfire risk reduction for:
a. Your house
b. Landscape up to 100 ft from your house
c. Common areas beyond your property.
d. Also, time spent participating in NRG Firewise meetings, events, etc.
MONEY spent (dollars) on wildfire risk reduction:
a. Chipper costs
b. Contractor costs
c. Home improvement costs
d. DIY landscaping costs
e. Miscellaneous costs.
MILEAGE used: attending meetings, hauling slash, etc.
- Estimating cubic yards (1 cubic yard = 202 gallons):
Your green waste barrel holds 64 gallons; about 1/3 cubic yard
A large lawn and leaf bag holds 50 to 72 gallons; 1/4 to 1/3 cubic yards
A pickup truck bed holds about 3 cubic yards
A dump truck holds about 12 cubic yards.
If you have acreage to clear, one acre = 4,840 square yards.
If all the weeds you cut down would leave slash averaging a foot thick,
that acre would yield about 4,840/3 = 1,647 cubic yards of vegetation;
a half-foot of slash, about 4,840/6 = 807 cubic yards.