According to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, 4.8 million U.S. homes have been identified at high or extreme risk of wildfire, with more than 2 million in California alone.
Losses from wildfires added up to $5.1 billion over the past 10 years. The Insurance Institute has published their recent finding and Wildfire Risk Research on their website at: https://ibhs.org/risk-research/wildfire/
🔥2025 Los Angeles County Wildfires: On January 7 and 8, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton Fires tragically became the latest examples of catastrophic conflagration in Southern California, as Santa Ana winds pushed wildfires deep into Los Angeles County communities. These fires ignited just outside densely populated areas experiencing drought conditions and strong winds, fueling uncontrollable structure-to-structure fire spread through connective fuels. Read about the research conducted by the IBHS and more at: https://ibhs.org/lawildfires/
Visit the IBHS website [ https://ibhs.org/risk-research/wildfire/ ] to learn more about Wildfire Research including:
- 2023 Lahaina Maui Conflagration
- 2025 LA County Wildfires
- Commercial Loss Prevention Tools
- Ember Characteristics
- External Sprinklers for Wildfire Defense
- Fire-Retardant Coatings Used in Exterior Applications
- Fire‐Retardant Gels
- Flame Spread: Pine Straw
- Living with Wildfire
- Near-Building Noncombustible Zone
- Post-Fire Investigations
- Roof Aging Farm Research
- Suburban Wildfire Adaptation Roadmaps
- The Return of Conflagration in Our Built Environment
- Vegetation in Zone 0
- Vulnerability of Decks to Embers and Flames
- Vulnerability of Vents to Wind-Blown Embers
- Wildland Fire Embers and Flames: Home Mitigations That Matters
- Wind-Driven Building-to-Building Fire Spread
See also Cal Matters January 2026 – Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating at: https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/
Visit the University City Fire Safe Council information booth at the UC Celebration on the 4th of July at Standley Park for more information about what property owners can do to make their homes more resilient to fire; information at: https://www.universitycitynews.org/fire-safe-council-university-city/
