A demonstration at the West Metro Fire Rescue Training Center shows what happens when a home is built with wildfire-conscious materials.
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
Exiting California’s FAIR Plan
Insurance journalist Russ Banham’s 3-part series describes his family’s evacuation from the 2025 LA wildfires, their decision to invest in home-hardening measures, and how those investments helped them exit California’s FAIR insurance plan.
California Adopts Weaker Home Protection Rules as Wildfires Grow
Scientists and firefighters recommended property owners create non-combustible zones five feet from a structure, but a state board’s new rules say the area can be as small as one foot.
A real world demo of defensible space in action
The Woodlands community in Simi Valley was significantly tested by the Sandy Fire. Thanks to coordinated firefighting efforts and the community’s long standing commitment to Firewise principles, nearly every structure was saved in the neighborhood of over 290 homes.
American Family Insurance launches “Designed to Last”
A first-of-its-kind branded reality competition series that reimagines how to think about protecting homes and families in an era of increasing climate risk.
Oklahoma Wildfire Risk Reduction Zones
Risk Reduction Zones are the areas where mitigation activities will be most effective at protecting homes and other buildings from wildfires.
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.