Maintain the Landscape around your home! Defensible space is the space between a structure and the wildland area that creates a sufficient buffer to slow or halt the spread of fire to a structure. It protects the home from igniting due to direct flame or…
Creating Defensible Space During a wildfire, flying embers can ignite anything combustible in their path, including your home and anything near it, such as plants or patio furniture. Defensible space is the space between a structure and the wildland area that creates a sufficient buffer to…
Is Your Home Hardened to Survive a Wildfire? Fundamental Information The term “fire hardened” means your home is […]
Learn more about the RLC! The Resilient Landscapes Coalition is a community partnership that includes us here at Fire Safe Sonoma, the Habitat Corridor Project, the Sonoma Ecology Center, and the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County. We believe in this coalition that defensible space…
Are you interested in ways to keep or reduce your property insurance? Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in partnership […]
Wildfire Prepared Homes A program of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) IBHS has spent years studying how best to protect homes from flames and embers. Through their science based research and experiences they have developed the Wildfire Prepredared Home, a voluntary program…
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