Is there anything stopping me from an engineering standpoint installing a water tower on my property and making sprinklers around a radius of my home to drench the area in case of wildfire?
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I live in a fire prone area; this idea gets bandied about but the reality is your silly little hose and water will do nothing to stop a fast moving wildfire. These things move a football field every couple of seconds and burn HOT. What often happens is that the house is just so bombarded with embers and whipping flame that eventually it finds something to ignite. The wind is your enemy, the wind can make it so all homes in a neighborhood are destroyed or only handful.
The ways to stop your house getting destroyed are less fun than thinking you can battle a blaze with a yard sprinkler. Clear the brush from your house, use plastic decking material, finish your house with fire resistant hardy board siding, and maintain your fire breaks if you have enough property to warrant it.
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