LIVE BURN DEMONSTRATION SHOWS EFFECTIVENESS OF RESEARCH- BASED WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACTIONS IN WILDFIRE PREPARED HOME
Officials gather for a side-by-side look at fire behavior impacts on mitigated and unmitigated structures
Sacramento, Sept. 19, 2023 – The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), in collaboration with CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal and Sacramento City Fire, conducted a live wildfire demonstration to show the effectiveness of research-based wildfire mitigation actions in its Wildfire Prepared Home designation program, including maintaining a noncombustible five-foot buffer around a home – Zone 0 – to help reduce its risk of ignition.
Embers, not the main fire front, are the leading cause of home ignitions during a wildfire. As part of a CAL FIRE/California Office of Emergency Services joint powers authority meeting, the live fire…
