In the first five feet around your home (the non-combustible zone), you should rank pine needles and leaves routinely. Every spring, you must also rank the pine needles and leaves within 30 feet of your home (the lean, clean, and green zone). Finally, within the next 70 feet of your home (the wildland fuel reduction zone), rank the pine needles and leaves to maintain less than 3 inches of them. Pay close attention to pine needles under wooden steps, decks, roofs, and gutters. These pine needles are particularly susceptible to ignition from embers.