Wildfire Information & Resources
Our resource library provides essential wildfire information, strategies, and resources to help you prevent wildfires and prepare your family to stay safe.
Preparedness & Mitigation
Wildfire Facts: Causes, Frequency, Duration & What to Do
This guide covers the core wildfire facts: what a wildfire is, what starts most of them, how often they happen in the U.S. and California, and why some burn for months. It also lists the steps that prepare a household before fire season and what to do when a fire is active.
Preparedness & Mitigation
How Do Wildfires Start?
In the US, people cause most wildfires, from equipment and power lines to escaped burns, with lightning behind the rest. A look at what ignites them and what cuts the risk.
Preparedness & Mitigation
How Often Do Wildfires Occur: National & State Trends (2026)
Wildfires are common, but how often they happen depends on where you live. This guide covers how many fires the US sees in an average year, which states and regions burn most, how California's season and winds drive its numbers, how the US compares globally, and the free tools to check your own area.
Preparedness & Mitigation
How Long Do Wildfires Last
A wildfire's published duration measures containment, which is a different thing from the fire being out, and the two can sit weeks apart. This guide covers what contained, controlled and out really mean, the conditions that stretch a fire into months, how long the longest fires ran, and what a long fire means at home.
Lifestyle & Risk Awareness
Fire Weather: The Complete Guide to Red Flags, Winds, and Dangerous Days
Some days a fire spreads a hundred times faster than others, and the weather is the reason. Here is what fire weather is, how forecasters measure it, and how to know when a day has turned dangerous where you live.
Lifestyle & Risk Awareness
Firebreak vs Fuel Break: What’s Best for Your Property
A firebreak and a fuel break do different jobs, and the right choice depends on your terrain, wind, and how close the vegetation sits to your home. This guide breaks down both and shows how they work together.
Lifestyle & Risk Awareness
Crown Fire: What Homeowners Need to Know
A crown fire races through the tops of the trees and hurls embers far ahead of the flames. Here is how it behaves and what you can do to prepare.
Lifestyle & Risk Awareness
Red Flag Warning: What to Do the Moment One Is Issued
A Red Flag Warning is the National Weather Service telling you dangerous fire weather is here or close. This guide explains what the warning actually means, how it differs from a Fire Weather Watch, how long one lasts, and how to decide in advance what would make your household leave.
Luxury Property Resilience
The Complete Guide to Wildfire Risk Management for Luxury Homes
Wildfire risk management for luxury estates: assess your risk score by address, harden the property, and document mitigation to lower insurance costs.
Luxury Property Resilience
Fireproof Bunkers Explained: Where an On-Site Refuge Fits in an Estate Wildfire Plan
Fireproof bunker is the phrase homeowners search when they mean an engineered, fire-resistant refuge that stays on the property. For estate owners the real questions are what one costs, whether the lot suits it, and how it works alongside evacuation and a hardened home. This blog walks through each in plain terms.
Luxury Property Resilience
Fire Season: What It Means for Napa/Sonoma Estates
Wildfire season on the North Coast now arrives earlier and lingers later. For estate and vineyard owners, a season-long plan is what keeps it manageable.
Luxury Property Resilience
Residential Wildfire Protection for High-Value Homes
Pumps, cisterns, sprinklers, and the companies that install them. A practical look at what actually protects a large property when embers start flying
Luxury Property Resilience
How to Fireproof Your Home from Wildfires: The Luxury Estate Owner’s Guide
A sequenced, practical guide to protecting a high-value estate from wildfire, from the building envelope out to the far edge of the grounds.
Luxury Property Resilience
Defensible Space: Estate-Grade Plans for Vineyards, Ranches & Large Lots
Large lots, vineyards, and ranches face wildfire risks that standard suburban defensible space guides don't address. Here's how to plan at scale.
Luxury Property Resilience
Fire Resistant Siding: A Guide for Luxury Homes
Choosing the right siding for a high-risk property means understanding more than just ratings. This guide walks through the materials, assemblies, and detailing decisions that actually determine how a luxury home performs in a wildfire.
Explore Advanced Wildfire Protection
Learn how the FORT® provides a last line of refuge when wildfire conditions become unpredictable.