Defensive Landscaping & Vegetation Management

Creating safe, healthy, FireSmart-aligned outdoor spaces for high-risk properties in British Columbia.

FireSmart-Aligned Landscaping That Reduces Risk from Day One

TreeLine Wild Fire Defence provides defensive landscaping to reduce wildfire risk by addressing overgrown vegetation and fuel-heavy areas around your property.

Each project begins with a FireSmart-aligned landscaping assessment focused on reducing ignition points and establishing defensible space. Landscaping forms the foundation of effective wildfire defence, before irrigation or suppression systems are considered.

Work is scheduled following a TreeLine Landscaping Assessment Inquiry, allowing us to understand your property and priority risk areas in advance.

Landscaping Service Tiers

TreeLine Wild Fire Defence offers four levels of vegetation management services designed for different lot sizes, terrain conditions and wildfire-risk profiles.

Ground-Guard

(0.25–0.5 acre - Entry-level vegetation reduction)

Ground-Guard provides essential vegetation reduction for smaller residential lots. TreeLine removes surface fuels, trims light growth and establishes foundational defensible space around structures.

Tier Features

  • Manual debris removal (leaves, needles, dead branches)
  • Pruning, thinning and brush-cutter work
  • Hand-tool vegetation removal
  • Basic defensible-space creation around structures
  • Removal of fine fuels around the home
  • Optional off-site biomass removal

(0.5–1 acre - Mid-size properties)

Brush-Sentinel increases the level of vegetation management with mechanical processing, selective FireSmart improvements and on-site recycling.

Tier Features

  • All of Ground Guard features 

  • Mechanical chipping & debris processing

  • Shrub thinning & crown lifting

  • Selective FireSmart replanting

  • On-site mulch reuse (quality dependent) 

(1–2 acres - Larger or complex properties)

Fuel-Scout is ideal for dense or challenging terrain. 

TreeLine uses  manual techniques and heavy equipment mechanical clearing methods to establish safer, wider defensible zones.

Tier Features

  • All of Brush Sentinel features 

  • Mechanical clearing (skid steer/mini-excavator)

  • Heavy limb removal & slope adjustments where required

  • Firebreak pathway creation

Eco-Guardian

(2+ acres — Large properties & interface zones)

Eco-Guardian delivers full-scale mechanical clearing and long-term vegetation strategy. 

This tier incorporates environmental restoration, erosion control and native-species replanting.

Tier Features

  • All of Fuel Scout features 

  • Multi-acre mechanical clearing

  • Biochar processing (where viable)

  • Native replanting & ecological restoration

  • Long-term management planning

Ground-Guard

(0.25–0.5 acre - Entry-level vegetation reduction)

Ground-Guard provides essential vegetation reduction for smaller residential lots. TreeLine removes surface fuels, trims light growth and establishes foundational defensible space around structures.

Tier Features

  • Manual debris removal (leaves, needles, dead branches)
  • Pruning, thinning and brush-cutter work
  • Hand-tool vegetation removal
  • Basic defensible-space creation around structures
  • Removal of fine fuels around the home
  • Optional off-site biomass removal

Brush-Sentinel

(0.5–1 acre - Mid-size properties)

Brush-Sentinel increases the level of vegetation management with mechanical processing, selective FireSmart improvements and on-site recycling.

Tier Features

  • All of Ground Guard features 

  • Mechanical chipping & debris processing

  • Shrub thinning & crown lifting

  • Selective FireSmart replanting

  • On-site mulch reuse (quality dependent) 

Fuel-Scout

(1–2 acres - Larger or complex properties)

Fuel-Scout is ideal for dense or challenging terrain. 

TreeLine uses  manual techniques and heavy equipment mechanical clearing methods to establish safer, wider defensible zones.

Tier Features

  • All of Brush Sentinel features 

  • Mechanical clearing (skid steer/mini-excavator)

  • Heavy limb removal & slope adjustments where required

  • Firebreak pathway creation

Eco-Guardian

(2+ acres — Large properties & interface zones)

Eco-Guardian delivers full-scale mechanical clearing and long-term vegetation strategy. 

This tier incorporates environmental restoration, erosion control and native-species replanting.

Tier Features

  • All of Fuel Scout features 

  • Multi-acre mechanical clearing

  • Biochar processing (where viable)

  • Native replanting & ecological restoration

  • Long-term management planning

What Defensive Landscaping Includes

The recommended tier depends on several factors:

  • Existing vegetation density (light, moderate, heavy or overgrown)

  • Terrain difficulty (steep, uneven, or limited access increases tier level)

  • Lot size (equipment and labour requirements scale with acreage)

  • Proximity to structures and FireSmart priority zones

Smaller, accessible sites typically align with Ground-Guard or Brush-Sentinel, while dense, sloped or expanded properties require Fuel-Scout or Eco-Guardian.

All tiers support eligibility for FireSmart BC vegetation-reduction grants where applicable.

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