Montana Mike, I live in Willow and am intimately familiar the devastation of the Sockeye Fire.  Several friends who lost homes had 5x or more of the recommended 30ft of defensible space, metal roofs, and still burned. The MAIN reason the Sockeye Fire did so much damage is because two NON-residents made an irresponsible choice to burn piles during a burn ban, didn't properly monitor or extinguish them, and it was windy and dry.  Not much residents can do about that except be prepared to evacuate. Which we came together and did. No loss of life, and only a few dogs.