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Wildfire Prepared Home is Your Pathway to Better Protection Against Wildfire

Most homes ignited in a wildfire will be completely destroyed. Wildfire Prepared Home guides you through a series of actions that address vulnerabilities to heat, flames, and embers to reduce the chance your home will ignite.

It’s more than luck. Research identifies 3 key areas of the home.

Years of IBHS research and the latest wildfire science show you can reduce the risk of home ignition with mitigation actions focused on the roof, specific building features, and defensible space.

Building Features
Roof
Defensible Space

Program Benefits at a Glance

 

Wildfire Prepared Home™ is a voluntary, research-based mitigation program designed to meaningfully reduce wildfire risk.

 
The requirements of this program are based on years of scientific research by IBHS and the broader fire protection community.
The program is backed by the insurance industry.
A third-party verification process and designation from IBHS will provide peace of mind the next time wildfire threatens.

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Eligibility Results

Great news! Your home may qualify for a Wildfire Prepared Home™ designation.
Visit our Homeowner Guide to learn about everything you must do to prepare your home and property before applying for a designation. Once you apply, we will contact you to schedule an inspection of your home to verify it meets all program requirements before issuing a designation.
Your state participates in Wildfire Prepared Home™. However, at this time, only single-family homes qualify. Therefore, your home is not eligible for a designation.
You can still benefit from the actions required by this program! Please see our Homeowner Guide to learn about scientifically proven ways to lower your wildfire risk.
The Wildfire Prepared Home™ designation is not yet available in your state. Therefore, your home is not eligible for a designation.
But you can still benefit from the actions required by this program! Please see our Homeowner Guide to learn about scientifically proven ways to lower your wildfire risk.
Enter your email address below, and we will contact you when the program becomes available in your state.
The Wildfire Prepared Home™ designation is not yet available in your state. Additionally, only single-family homes may qualify. Therefore, your home is not eligible for a designation.
You can still benefit from the actions required by this program! Please see our Homeowner Guide to learn about scientifically proven ways to lower your wildfire risk.
Enter your email address below, and we will contact you when the program becomes available in your state and for your type of home.
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How We Created the Standard

The IBHS Research Center is the only place in the world where scientists can recreate full-scale ember storms to understand a home’s vulnerability to this threat. Our wildfire experts have spent years studying effective mitigation techniques through lab studies and post-disaster investigations to see how wildfires ignite homes in the real world—all of which inform the requirements of Wildfire Prepared Home. Now you can use this science to better protect your home.

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