Wildfire Prepared: Making Homes and Communities More Survivable and Insurable

As wildfires continue to impact communities across the country, understanding how homes ignite and what can be done to reduce risk has become increasingly important across the built environment. This webinar will provide an overview of wildfire behavior, structure survivability, and the growing role of science-based mitigation in improving resilience and supporting long-term insurability in wildfire-prone regions.

Participants will hear how the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) uses full-scale wildfire experiments at the IBHS Research Center, along with post-fire field investigations following major wildfire events, to better understand the factors that contribute to structure loss. The session will also introduce the Wildfire Prepared program and explore how research-driven mitigation strategies, construction practices, and material choices can help reduce vulnerabilities from embers, flames, and radiant heat while supporting more resilient and insurable homes and communities.

This event is part of a three-part webinar series. Learn more about the full series.

Continuing Education:

• AIA LU/HSW: 1 CE per webinar (pending)
• OR CCB: 1 CE per webinar (pending)
• BPI: 1 CE per webinar (pending)
• ICC: 0.1 CE per webinar (pending)
  
• NATE: 1 CE per webinar (pending)

Trainer: Steve Hawks | Institute for Business & Home Safety | View Bio