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As someone who has evacuated a few times and who has no defensible space, I hear ya. I was just saying that rather than build an ugly concrete home, I would spend the money on a nice stucco home and put in a defensible space. Around here, there are homes that don’t get touched by the fires by doing just that, even as homes surrounding them get torched.

Don't know where you are and I agree with you about that concrete monstrosity; a stucco home is a good start but make sure you put a metal roof on it, and close the eves with stucco or some type of fire proof soffit.
Put some type of fireproof or fire retardant shutters on your windows (outside) other wise the radiated heat will just blow out your windows and the interior will go up like it is soaked in gasoline.
Where I live, I depend on my Caterpillar tractor, chain saws, and a lot of semi-annual work for protection. I also installed a commercial type irrigation system (not just lawn sprinklers) on my roof, I am hoping that as long as the pump runs I can put down a literal curtain of water over my house.
I love my beautiful Douglas Firs, Ponderosa Pines, Black Oaks, etc. etc. but if necessary they will all come down to save the farm and house.
In the worst case even that won't be enough; the price I pay for having the nearest neighbor 2 miles away.