Fwiw this is standard stuff here in Montana: the fire people will come out and survey your place (without being asked, they just show up) and tell you what you need to do for better fire protection.
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5947587,-112.0458768,3a,81.4...
My local FD in California certified my house annually during the decade I owned it despite the fact that it was surrounded by pines, mostly dead, some touching the house.
I think they were referring to people in the middle of nowhere, where yard work is more like forestry work. Every year I get some mail from the state about taking a class to learn how to manage my land/trees. It touches on healthy forests and fires. Areas more like this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zPqNbX4142vobyMP7
I know some parts of Montana where that would be...inadvisable.
But I know what you mean. There are some roads around me you don't go up unless you know someone there.
In Appalachia we call 'em hollers.