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Default Non-combustible Vegetation near a Water Tank?


kevin wrote:
Scott Townsend wrote:
The Fire Safe Standards say that I can have Non-combustible Vegetation near
a Water Tank... Does anyone have recommendations on what kind of
Non-combustible Vegetation I can plant infront of a 8'Hx12'dia Tank thats
smack in the middle of the front yard? We wanted hide it behind a hedge or
2.


I have no suggestions to offer. But can anyone explain why it must be
non-combustible near a _water_ tank? Gasoline, oil, or other fuel
tanks, sure. But water?

Or is this a water tank that is specifically meant to be used to put
out fires?


Ok, I see your other post. But still -- a water tank connected to
hydrants 20' and 250' away isn't going to be threatened by some burning
shrubbery, is it? Or maybe it is plastic.