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Briargate, FL - A Firewise Pilot Community
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Firewise community recognition programs
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Florida
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A Planned Firewise Community
Briargate is a Firewise Communities USA Pilot Community. It is a new subdivision under construction within the planned community of Hunter's Ridge, west of Ormond Beach, Florida. Briargate is the first subdivision in the nation to be built with Firewise principles incorporated in the design stage.
Rather than increasing costs, the developers have realized some savings in site preparation by incorporating firewise features. For example, in creating water retention ponds and lakes, dirt excavated from the lakes is being used for fill on homesites and to create a firebreak in the community complex. This results in savings on hauling and disposing of soil. Also, by thinning selective lots and the common areas, the developer harvested the timber, and was able to sell it.
Firewise Infrastructure Elements
The Ormond Beach Firewise Workgroup is comprised of representatives of local Fire Departments, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida Division of Forestry, City of Ormond Beach, City of Palm Coast, and citizen representatives. The Firewise Workgroup has worked with the developer of Briargate to provide the following as part of the subdivision infrastructure:
- Two means of roadway ingress/egress;
- Minimum 24 foot widths of roadway paving;
- Thinning of nearby forests to 50 trees/acre;
- Pressurized fire hydrants, minimum of 500 gpm for a minimum 2 hours;
- Water retention ponds on exterior of development to buffer from surrounding forest;
- Fuels treatment of the adjacent forest;
- Land to create a fire safety buffer zone;
- Possible location of a landscaping demonstration project in a common area;
- A million gallon water tank holding waste water outflow for irrigation and firefighting purposes.
Briargate will feature 61 homes on 60 acres of land surrounded by man-made lakes, interspersed with "green islands" of native swamp vegetation, and surrounded by adequate defensible space.
Though still in the formative stages, this subdivision, built to be Firewise and recognized by Firewise Communities USA has attracted much local media attention.
Contact Information
For more information, call Mike Garrett at 386-676-3255, or contact Mike via email at [email protected].
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