I am stunned at the number of homes at risk from wildfires that don’t use defensible space.
You wanna know what drives insurance companies nuts?
That does.
On the hone ignition zone from the NFPA...
https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/preparing-homes-for-wildfire
wildfires that don’t use defensible space.
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The 80 mph winds can blow embers into your defensible space.
And radiant heat can go through your windows and ignite inside your house.l
If the wildfires get bad enough with high winds there is no defensible space.
In most of the LA area the houses are squashed together like sardines.
There was news of a whole trailer park going up in flames—obviously once one trailer goes up the entire park is at risk.