Home Hardening

Hidden Hills Firewise is a recognized Firewise Community by Firewise USA®,and being a Firewise Community has home insurance benefits. The California Department of Insurance (CDI) requires home insurance companies to provide discounts to Firewise communities. If you haven’t already done so, download your Hidden Hills Firewise Certificate and send it to your insurance company to

The True Cost of Rebuilding: Why Mitigation Is the Only Affordable Option. Let’s do the math that often gets overlooked in conversations about wildfire risk. Because when you actually run the numbers on what it costs to rebuild after a major wildfire — versus what it costs to harden a home before one — the

This is a video worth watching… Boulder has a history of wildfires, the most destructive of which was the Marshall Fire. The Marshall Fire was a wildfire and urban conflagration that started on December 30, 2021, as a grass fire in Boulder County, Colorado. The fire caused the evacuation of 37,500 people, killed two people, and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, making it the most

Something every property owner needs to understand… The Backward Pricing Problem. If your insurance premiums have doubled, this explains why and what to do about it. Most property owners think insurance works like this: “I had X claims last year, so I pay Y this year.” They’re pricing backward. Looking at history. But that’s not

Firewise USA has finally updated its map, and Hidden Hills Firewise is now on it. What does this mean to you? Possibly lower home insurance rates. California has enacted “Safer from Wildfires,” requiring insurance companies to recognize Firewise USA® designated communities by providing discounts to property owners in those communities.  Hidden Hills Firewise is a recognized Firewise Community. You can

FREE GUIDE to surviving Wildfire. The California Fire Safe Council has a great new free guide for protecting your family, property, and pets. Prevent, Prepare, and Act—What to do Before and During a Wildfire. Protect your family Protect your home and property Evacuate safely in an emergency In this guide, the California Fire Safe Council

Vegetation in Zone Zero Amplifies Damage to Structures. In a recent Virtual Workshop, United Policyholders hosted Steven Hawks, Senior Director for Wildfire at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), and Yana Valachovic, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Institute,  Associate Director, discussed the science behind Zone Zero. Zone Zero reduces

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). In response to the growing threat of wildland fires to local communities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) have developed a new Wildland Fire Data Portal, which provides open access to the experimental products from the Next Generation

Make sure your contractors and landscapers review this handbook BEFORE working on your home. This SFPE & SFPE Foundation WUI Virtual Handbook for Fire Risk Assessment and Mitigation is an excellent resource for residents, contractors, landscapers, or anyone doing work on your home. It does an excellent job explaining, through photos, graphics, and easy-to-understand explanations,

The answer is YES, thanks to the CA Dept. of Insurance’s “Safer from Wildfire” regulation. Because wildfire mitigation discounts were not being widely offered voluntarily by insurers, the California Department of Insurance adopted a regulation in the fall of 2022 referred to as “Safer from Wildfire.” The regulation requires property insurers in California that offer