How to fireproof a city
The Verge • • general
Key Points:
- A wildfire demonstration by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Anaheim showcased how simple home design changes can dramatically improve fire resistance, influencing builders like KB Home to adopt fire-resilient standards in new communities such as Dixon Trail in Escondido, California.
- Wildfires increasingly threaten communities in fire-prone areas like Southern California, where the wildland-urban interface (WUI) exposes homes to embers, radiant heat, and direct flames; experts emphasize that fire prevention must occur at the neighborhood scale, not just individual homes.
- Building codes and community efforts, such as those in Rancho Santa Fe, which survived the 2007 Witch Creek Fire due to early adoption of fire-resistant construction and defensible space,
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