Posted on 156 As wildfire season approaches, simple tasks like trimming back trees, shrubs and bushes and creating defensible space around a home or business can help make neighborhoods and communities safer. Recognizing California’s Wildfire Preparedness Week, customers, neighborhoods and towns can take a hands-on approach to wildfire preparedness this spring. Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildfire. (Graphic: Business Wire) Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildfire.