good morning america deftly illustrates the ins and outs of wildfire prep
Updated July 2024. By Cassy Aoyagi: Looking to get the gist of preparing a property for wildfire? In under 30 minutes, these clips from Good Morning America and the Theodore Payne Foundation can jumpstart your understanding.
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Why Fire Ignites Homes
See Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) cast embers at two homes to discover how embers build enough strength to ignite a home – and what can keep them from doing so.
Protect Your Home with Defensive Landscape Strategies
Ginger Zee and I discuss the ins and outs of fire defensive landscaping.
I explored fire defensive strategies deeper with Theodore Payne Foundation.
Protect Your Home and LA with Smart Plant Choices
While no plant is fire proof, and a handful can raise LA’s wildfire risk, and some plants resist ignition. See University of Irvine experiments with “drought tolerant” arson grasses and LA-indigenous White Sage.
Take Action
Each layer of wildfire preparation you create will protect you – and your neighbors. Get started here:
- Understand Your Choices: DefensibleSpace.org, FormLA Fire+Slide Resources
- Watch Wildfire Prepared Home Tours: Fire Defense Playlist
- Get a Custom Checklist: Cal Fire Fire Planner or IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home
