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LAist - February 12, 2025
What can make communities safer
... fly inside. California has building codes that require that for new homes being built in wildfire-prone areas, but even some retrofits of ...
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology - February 11, 2025
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New York Institute of Technology - February 11, 2025
Home > New York Tech News > Articles > Building in Fire-Prone Areas
... “fire-proof” building, certain design choices can help safeguard a home during a wildfire. Gandhi, a registered architect in New York and ...
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Insurance Journal - February 10, 2025
As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order last ...
... ’s fire-prone map, so this requirement doesn’t apply to them. Roy Wright, CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety ...
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Colorado Springs Gazette - February 10, 2025
The horrendous wildfires in California are stark reminders of how devastating wildfire can be to lives and property. Teller County is ...
... risk. Living in the wildland-urban interface poses the threat of wildfire that could cost lives and homes. Fire mitigation lessens the ...
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KOLD News 13 - February 10, 2025
Lawmakers at the Arizona Capitol want to require the state's utility companies to prepare plans to reduce wildfire risks across the state. ...
... House and could change how wildfires are prevented in state.
House Bill 2201 is a wildfire mitigation bill that would require the ...
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Pasadena Now - February 10, 2025
The tests would focus on environmental hazards related to the Eaton Fire, including hazards that pose the most significant threats to human ...
City Council to Hear Presentation on Testing for Environmental Hazards in Homes Post-Wildfire
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MSN.com - February 9, 2025
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On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash ...
... chief pushed for an ordinance prohibiting wood shingles after a wildfire destroyed nearly 600 homes in the foothills of the Northern ...
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CJYM-AM - February 9, 2025
... for the 2024 wildfire season mitigation and response for Parks Canada administered places, and strengthening the Jasper National Park ...
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Yahoo! News - February 9, 2025
In December 2021, the Marshall Fire, driven by wind, tore through two Colorado communities. It destroyed over 1,000 buildings in a mere ...
Scientists uncover concerning health complications in people returning home after wildfire: 'A lot of unanswered questions'
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The Spokesman-Review - February 8, 2025
This home’s shingles were more fire-resistant, which may have helped prevent it from burning in the Los Angeles fires. (Barbara Davidson/ ...
... , director of wildfire policy at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, a research group that studies how to strengthen ...
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Chat News Today! - February 11, 2025
... in lieu of repairs.
Insurers brought in adjusters from across Alberta to help expedite vehicle assessments and repairs, according to a ...
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Mississauga - February 12, 2025
... residents who install water-resistant materials or other flood prevention measures within their home or on their property. ...
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Government Technology - February 10, 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working now on an extensive $7.6 billion plan to bolster Jersey’s back bays throughout nearly 3,400 ...
... , implementation could take up to 11 years, focusing on elevating homes, flood-proofing critical infrastructure, and restoring marshlands ...
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BBC - February 10, 2025
Last year, residents in a Nottinghamshire village called for change after their houses were surrounded by flood water nine times in the ...
... in a Nottinghamshire village called for change after their houses were surrounded by flood water nine times in the span of three ...
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MSN Canada - February 13, 2025
... have been spared the grief with a few simple installations, said Paul Kovacs, founder of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at ...
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LAist - February 12, 2025
Sterling Klippel is awed by the beauty of nature but spends his working days resisting its power.
Casting worried glances at a gray sky ...
... to the home’s second story. They had a choice: stay above the flood in a burning house or jump from the fire into the darkness and ...
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KTVU-TV - February 12, 2025
According to the California Earthquake Authority, there are more than 1.2 million homes built before 1980 that are in high-hazard areas, ...
... talk about the resources available that can help you protect your home from earthquake damage.
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New Orleans CityBusiness - February 12, 2025
Wesley Muller, The Louisiana Illuminator//February 12, 2025//
... , one that meets the standards of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, are built with improved materials and techniques ...
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WTVT-TV - February 11, 2025
New data looks at asphalt shingles lifespan
FOX 13's Jordan Bowen reports on new data showing that asphalt shingles may weaken much ...
... years of age," Michael Newman with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety told a Florida Senate committee earlier this month ...
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