More than 10,000 houses burned in Los Angeles. But fire-resistant design helped keep some standing even on blocks where the rest were lost.
Resilience stories
First-hand accounts of homeowners who have adopted home hardening and landscaping wildfire-protection measures.
Keeping wildfires at bay:
Homeowner news and testimonials
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.
What Does a Wildfire Resistant House Look Like?
With wildfires happening more often and burning more area, homes need to be “hardened” to make them more fire-resistant.
CAL FIRE updates fire hazard severity zone maps
CAL FIRE published updated fire maps that now includes cities from Santa Barbara to the Oregon border.
A Big Leap in Wildfire Resilience: Paradise, CA
Video from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) Wildfire Prepared Home wildfire mitigation program.
What Saved The ‘Miracle House’ In Lahaina?
The historic structure on Front Street is the last house standing in a neighborhood reduced to rubble.
Pacific Palisades home with fire resilient features survives fire
This local couple built specific fire resilient features into their home years ago. Their house survived the deadly Palisades Fire, while other homes in their neighborhood burned to the ground.
‘We Are Living In A New Reality.’ CA Expands High Fire Hazard Zones
The number of California acres mapped into higher “fire hazard severity zones” is doubling. Stricter fire safety building codes will follow.
Save your home insurance?
California homeowners are protecting their homes from wildfire, hoping insurance companies will take them back