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.
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
Why these houses survived the L.A. fires
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.
‘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.
How some Californians are saving their home insurance
California homeowners are protecting their homes from wildfire, hoping insurance companies will take them back
Is Your Home Prepared for Wildfire Season?
As wildfires across the country become larger and more severe, every Montanan must play a role in protecting themselves, their family, and their community from wildfire.