Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

FEMA also suggested installing fire-resistant exterior wall coverings, along with multi-pane windows, tempered safety glass ...

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “ wildfire resilient neighborhood ” in the United States.

So you want to have tempered glass, which dramatically improves the odds that it won’t break.” Other materials on the house should also be fire-resistant, from the siding to the roof, to ...

This photo shows the view of Lake Michigan through new quarter-inch tempered glass windows from the lantern room of the Big Sable Point Lighthouse at Ludington State Park in Hamlin Township, Mich.

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say. Share ...

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home's odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say. Share this: ...

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home's odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say. Share this: ...

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping ... Windows: Dual-pane windows with one pane using tempered glass that won’t shatter during a fire.

Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, experts say. Share ...

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...