Risk Reduction Zones are the areas where mitigation activities will be most effective at protecting homes and other buildings from wildfires.
Resilience stories
First-hand accounts of homeowners who have adopted home hardening and landscaping wildfire-protection measures.
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IBHS expands Wildfire Prepared Home certification to Arizona
The Wildfire Prepared Home voluntary certification program, created by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), is now available in Arizona as part of a 10-state expansion.
Gov. Polis, Colorado State Forest Service announce $8.5 million in wildfire mitigation grants
To make Colorado forests and communities more resilient to wildfire, Gov. Jared Polis has announced $8.5 million in Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation grants to 35 projects in 24 counties.
New Northern California neighborhood is built to survive a wildfire
When completed, each of its 24 homes will come with noncombustible siding, a Class A fire rated roof and enclosed eaves — all designed to reduce the risk of the home burning down in a wildfire.
Two homes set ablaze in defensible space demo — only one survives
Watch the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) show the value of preparing your home for wildfire.
Here’s how to protect your home from wildfires
“Home hardening,” or incorporating wildfire resistance into a home and its surroundings, can improve the odds of a home surviving a wildfire.
Table Mountain Rancheria is California’s 1000th Firewise Community
Announced during Wildfire Preparedness Week, this recognition by the National Fire Protection Association® highlights the community’s commitment to reducing wildfire risk.
64-home ‘fire resilient’ community is first of its kind
The homes use research-based methods from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) to protect them from the dangers of both flames and embers, according to KB Home.
Inside the facility where homes are tested to survive fire
For years, automakers and federal regulators have been working to make cars safer. But what about our homes? CBS Evening News' Jonathan Vigliotti has the story.