4.Even golf courses can serve as firebreaks. Rather than lining the greens with homes, Dr Moritz suggests doing the opposite, and putting houses in the middle.
5.All these areas are generally very good firebreaks, so if you plan them to put them on the outskirts of your community and be like the first line of defense against wildfire.
6.Called Park Strip by the locals, it was built into the original city plans back in 1917. Used originally as a firebreak to protect the town in wildfire season, the park also did double duty as the city's first airstrip.