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Publication Review

Title: A Homeowner's Guide to Wildfire Retrofit
Author: Institute for Business and Home Safety, 2001
File: Free Guide, PDF 536 KB, 25 pages
Audience: For homeowners.

Review
A guide for retrofiting existing homes in wildfire prone areas.

Issues covered include:

• wildfires and your home
• the wildland-urban interface problem
• your local fire department
• just the right conditions
• how homes catch fire
• is your property at risk
• risk levels
• reducing rist
• landscaping and survivable space
• home building materials and design, fire resistant homes
• helping your local fire department
• wildfire safety project and protection lists
• fire resistive construction diagrams of various parts of the home
  

Detail drawings include:

• wildfire location map across US
• photos of wildfires
• diagrams of conditions that create wildfire threat
• diagrams showing how homes catch fire
• firezone or survivable space diagrams
• helping fire department diagram of proper roads, gates, bridges and signage
  

Related Links

Firewise
Resource library and other information about wildfires

Institute for Business and Home Safety
Features downloadable brochures about natural hazards including wildfires.

National Database of State and Local Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Programs
A good place to find local programs and information about wildfire mitigation

Rocky Mountain Wildfire Information
Database of information about wildfires and prevention