Wildfireproofing the Permies way.

Having to deal with the risk of wildfires for the first time this year is quite energy intensive.
I still want to grow vines up the walls, but clear them yearly so no deadwood build up can set ablaze the rafters and roof in that way. It will keep the vines lower as well having to start anew. So i am asking people which vines would flourish under such a regime. And which ones do not mind the heat and drought without catching fire..

Another thing is the build up of dried plants at the wall level. Should i grow plants, should i just gravel it over... Quite borring. Or should i start a rock garden there? What are people's experiences with that. I know government regulations ask me to gravel and cement all around the house  but i couldn't imagine anything worse to do to the place, so what are the options? Am i maybe thinking in completely the wrong direction?

I still want to keep woody debris and compost that away from the house, how do people do that in a quick way.

Maybe there is already a lot of information out there to find in websites and so on.

Not really an answer but another thought: how can you build the 5ft fire defense zone such that it can be neglected?  It would be disappointing if your children inherit your house and it burns down because nobody kept up with your annual trimming regime.

The most defensible approach is just to have a house that cannot burn. Build entirely from rocks and dirt, at least on the outside.

Surely the second most sensible defensive approach is to use that area to store things that dont burn but dont need to be roofed. Im not sure i have enough such things to surround a house. Its a shame the solar panels cant be put around the house in such a way as to shade the 5ft zone permanently.

Wildfire protection thinking makes the earth berm people look really good. Solid earth seems to be one of the few ways

I think keeping the grass short and keeping the log-pile under cover are the two most important things.

The fire we had here a couple of years ago was started by someone half a mile away cutting metal outdoors which sent sparks onto dried grass. The resulting fire reached his log pile, which caught fire and then went into overburn. We first saw it before the overburn stage and my other half went to investigate, my neighbour showed up on the doorstep to warn us, and I went to fetch the hose pipe to start damping the area around the house. But less than a minute later the overburn had started and sent burning bits of wood right up into the air, which were caught by the strong winds that were unfortunately blowing in our direction, and fires broke out in a line from the source all the way to just past our place. One landed on the tractor, which was lost. One landed in the back of the truck, which they managed to put out. One landed right behind the truck, which they also managed to put out. I never managed to get the hose pipe to the front of the house as I had to stop to put out a fire that one of the falling logs had started in the garden. Unfortunately by saving the garden in front of the house I'd failed to notice the burning log that had landed next to the new roof sheets behind the house, which were lost. If one had landed on the house, which was roofless at the time, that would have been lost too.

200 hectares burned. On the same day several miles away 400 hectares were lost to a fire caused by another immigrant taking chances using machinery outside during August. That is the real danger - people who don't understand the risks doing things they've always done and not understanding how dangerous it is.

If I had to write a list of Things to Do it might look something like this...

Keep the grass very short.
All firewood to be kept under cover.
Have a good water supply and hosepipe with sprinkler available.
No using any machinery that might cause sparks outside during dry weather in fire season.
Keep a bug out bag packed
Keep your exit route very clear
Keep your phone charged and near you at all times.
Be on very good terms with your neighbours and encourage them to take basic precautions too.
If anyone shows up at your property smoking a cigarette, throw a bucket of water over them and give them a piece of your mind.

As for what to grow where, and how to prune it, I try to find my own balance, weighing risk against what I want out of life. The official regulations here are quite strict but almost never followed to the letter.

But I think mostly just don't freak out. Do the obvious things, bear the risks in mind when you make decisions, but don't let fear rule your life.