Wildfire Resiliency
Wednesday, June 11
10:15am – 2:45pm
As the devastating wildfires of recent years have shown all too clearly, the need for fire-resilient solutions in design, land planning, and building methods and materials has never been more critical.
This focused, half-day breakout will provide in-depth, actionable information on building wildfire safe homes and communities.
Program Overview:
- Scientifically proven wildfire mitigation techniques and materials—both for individual structures and at the neighborhood planning scale—drawing upon extensive research from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).
- Updates from senior officials at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, detailing CAL FIRE’s efforts—in collaboration with industry, scientists, researchers, and local community groups—to create safer, more resilient communities.
- What we can learn from the spread, routes, and conditions of past wildfires, and how that’s informing the rebuilding plans of cities like Paradise, Lahaina and others.
Detailed topics and speakers to be announced soon.