This Old House host Kevin O’Connor interviewed Dan Gorham, from The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS®) to learn techniques for making homes safer during wildfire events. This Old House a television show dedicated to sharing step by step tactics to make home improvement projects easy for anyone has added a new Ask This Old House segment about project work to improve the survival of your home on its latest show.
Dan talked to Kevin about the fact that houses are burned during wildfires mainly because embers generated during a wildfire ignite combustible materials close to the home. He also shared some ways people can make improvements to the home by using noncombustible building materials and making landscaping improvements especially within the 0-5 foot area around the home. Check out this segment of This Old House on You Tube; https://youtu.be/D1WxCBU6JAM
And for more resources that you can use to make your home safer from wildfire check out NFPA® research fact sheets produced in collaboration with IBHS. The topics covered include making improvements to decks, attics and crawl spaces, coatings, fencing and more!