Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, ...

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping ... concrete or clay tiles and some metal roofing materials. Gaps and ends need to be plugged. Rain gutters: Fire ...

Two proposals would reimburse homeowners in wildfire zones for making their roofs and yards more resistant to blazes.

The City of Nevada City continues to host free “Second Saturday Home Hardening Workshops” from 9 a.m. to noon at 421 Nimrod ...