In environmental psychology, the individual’s personalization of the particular area they inhabit and are familiar with and which they feel safe in.
Designers have found that public space that is visible to passers-by or neighbors is safer than space that is isolated because it is defended by the "eyes on the street."
Adequate space (free from flammable vegetation) between structures and flammable vegetation, which allows firefighters a safe working area within which to attack an oncoming wildfire.
An area within the perimeter of a parcel, development, neighborhood, or community where basic wildland fire protection practices and measures are implemented, providing the key point of defense from an approaching wildfire or defense against encroaching wildfires or escaping structure fires. The perimeter as used herein is the area encompassing the parcel or parcels proposed for construction and/or development, excluding the physical structure itself. The area is characterized by the establishment and maintenance of emergency vehicle access, emergency water reserves, street names and building identification, and fuel modification measures. In simplest terms, it is adequate space between structures and flammable vegetation which allows firefighters a safe working area from which they can attack an oncoming wildfire. Defensible Space is the best element of fire protection for individual property owners.
Residential environment whose physical characteristics, building layout, and site plan function to allow inhabitants to become the key agents in ensuring their own security. A defensible housing complex has the appearance of being composed of small, defined areas controlled by specific groups of residents.)
An area either natural or manmade where material capable of causing a fire to spread has been treated, cleared, reduced, or changed to act as a barrier between an advancing wildland fire and the loss to life, property, or resources. In practice, "defensible space" is defined as an area a minimum of 30 feet around a structure that is cleared of flammable brush or vegetation.
Area around structures needed to provide firefighters safe distance to work as wildland fire approaches
This is the area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. It also reduces the chance of a structure fire moving from the building to the surrounding forest. Defensible space provides room for the firefighters to do their jobs. Many communities are taking a more holistic approach of creating defensible neighborhoods rather than jus individual properties.
An area, typically a width of 30 feet or more, between an improved property and a potential wildfire where the combustibles have been removed or modified.
public and semi-public space that is ‘defensibleâ€(tm) in the sense that it is surveyed, demarcated or maintained by somebody.
An area either natural or manmade where material capable of causing a fire to spread has been treated, cleared, reduced, or changed to act as a barrier between an advancing wildland fire and resources or lives at risk. In practice, defensible space is generally defined as an area of 30 feet or more around a structure that is cleared of flammable brush or vegetation or other fuels.
Defensible space is a concept first proposed by the architect Oscar Newman and developed further by Alice Coleman. It is the idea that crime and delinquency can be controlled and mitigated through environmental design. The idea is important because it relates an individual's environment to his or her expectation of crime in the community.
