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Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire
Dr. Jack Cohen, a highly respected expert on wildfire behavior and fire science research,
explains how fireproofing your home can help protect it from wildfire.
Why Only Half This Home Caught Fire
The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) provides a brief video
using an ember generator to illustrate basic home hardening and Zone One principles.
Harden Your Home
The National Interagency Fire Center provides a short animated video explaining how
home hardening can protect homes from ember attack.
Ember Attack
This short animation from Australia explains what embers are and how they are able to
travel long distances and start new fires.
Home Hardening - Decks
Boulder WIldfrei Partners explain how decks ignite and how to harden your deck
including cement fiberboard and mesh screening, deck-to-wall intersections, and
alternative deck materials.
Fence Out Fire
Fire Safe Marin provides examples of separating the home with a 5’ section of
noncombustible material
Home Hardening - Fences
Boulder Wildfire Partners explain why fences are so dangerous, how fences ignite,
non-combustible fencing materials and how to prevent fence ignition.
Protect Home Base (Flashing / Skirting)
Boulder Wildfire Partners features do-it-yourself instructions for installing flashing/
skirting at the base of structures
Home Hardening - Vents
Boulder Wildfire Partners explains the types of vents, how to harden vents and
understanding mesh screening.
The Non-combustible Zone (Zone One)
Boulder Wildfire Partners explains why non-combustible ones are critical, examples of
non-combustible materials, and rooftop / gutter maintenance.
The First Five Feet (Zone One)
Homes are likely to burn during a wildfire if anything within five feet of the home burns.
This DIY video from Boulder Wildfire Partners shows you how to create a
noncombustible perimeter with crushed rock and a weed barrier, which is one of the
most effective, easy-to-maintain, low-cost first lines of defense in protecting your home.
Dr. Jack Cohen, a highly respected expert on wildfire behavior and fire science research,
explains how fireproofing your home can help protect it from wildfire.
Why Only Half This Home Caught Fire
The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) provides a brief video
using an ember generator to illustrate basic home hardening and Zone One principles.
Harden Your Home
The National Interagency Fire Center provides a short animated video explaining how
home hardening can protect homes from ember attack.
Ember Attack
This short animation from Australia explains what embers are and how they are able to
travel long distances and start new fires.
Home Hardening - Decks
Boulder WIldfrei Partners explain how decks ignite and how to harden your deck
including cement fiberboard and mesh screening, deck-to-wall intersections, and
alternative deck materials.
Fence Out Fire
Fire Safe Marin provides examples of separating the home with a 5’ section of
noncombustible material
Home Hardening - Fences
Boulder Wildfire Partners explain why fences are so dangerous, how fences ignite,
non-combustible fencing materials and how to prevent fence ignition.
Protect Home Base (Flashing / Skirting)
Boulder Wildfire Partners features do-it-yourself instructions for installing flashing/
skirting at the base of structures
Home Hardening - Vents
Boulder Wildfire Partners explains the types of vents, how to harden vents and
understanding mesh screening.
The Non-combustible Zone (Zone One)
Boulder Wildfire Partners explains why non-combustible ones are critical, examples of
non-combustible materials, and rooftop / gutter maintenance.
The First Five Feet (Zone One)
Homes are likely to burn during a wildfire if anything within five feet of the home burns.
This DIY video from Boulder Wildfire Partners shows you how to create a
noncombustible perimeter with crushed rock and a weed barrier, which is one of the
most effective, easy-to-maintain, low-cost first lines of defense in protecting your home.
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