With recent news of devastating wildfires across the nation, it’s easy to feel powerless about the threat of a wildfire destroying your home or threatening your family. While some wildfire risk factors are outside your control, there is still a lot you can do to protect your home and property.

In fact, the condition of your home and the surrounding vegetation has the biggest influence on whether a home will ignite from a wildfire. The home itself and area around it is referred to as the Home Ignition Zone (HIZ).

To understand why the HIZ is so important, let’s talk about how homes ignite.

Are you picturing a huge flame front consuming a home? The reality is, while direct flame contact can ignite homes, the most common source of ignition is embers. It is estimated that embers are respons

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