Homeowners Guide to Wildfire-Resilient Building

This guide presents a tiered framework for protecting homes in wildfire-prone areas through resilient design, construction, and retrofits. Organized into three tiers—Passive (Tier 1), Active (Tier 2), and Fire Suppression Facilitation (Tier 3)—the guide details proven strategies such as defensible space, Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, automated sprinkler systems, fire-retardant coatings, and community-scale defenses. Backed by real-world case studies and data from recent fires, it provides homeowners, architects, and planners with cost estimates, risk reduction metrics, and code references for resilient rebuilding in the WUI.