Category Archives: Wildfire prevention
Wildfire Prevention Strategy Poem

WHAT IF MATTERS The west is in flames It’s hotter than ever Trees dying in record numbers Smoke and ash spreading afar Filling the air with carbon dioxide Making things even worse. Homes are burning Memories, lives, communities, lost Animals both domestic and wild burnt and dying Heavy metals, asbestos, …
Wildfire Prevention Site Updated
We’ve made some updates to the Wildfireprevention.info site in preparation for the second edition of The Homeowner’s Guide to Wildfire Prevention. We were using a tool to offer readers posts related to the ones they are reading. This app had links to unwanted ads and irrelevant news. We’ve turned off …
Wildfire Prevention is a Solvable Problem

We are seeing a “perfect storm” situation throughout the western United States and Canada with record-breaking heat, record fuel loads, record drought, and record losses to wildfires. The cost of suppressing these fires is depleting the funds budgeted for fire prevention. To make things worse, the number of firefighters available is …
New NFPA goals for home ignition zone
Think of home ignition areas in three levels. Your motive and strategy for fire protection is different at five feet than at fifty. In this post, I explain the distinctions. This is the fourth lesson on home wildfire prevention based on the WUI.
Homeowners’ Victim Mentality Not Justified
WUI Lesson 2: The homeowners’ victim mentality is not justified As the number of wildfires and their intensity skyrockets nation-wide, it has been realized that the problem is solvable with new approaches to wildfire protection that emphasize ignition resistant buildings and reduced ignition potential near structures. The homeowners’ victim mentality …
The conditions required for ignition
Lesson 3: The conditions required for ignition to occur. The fire must be close enough for flying firebrands or flames to contact the ignitable portions of the structure and burn long enough to cause flaming ignition. We only see 1% of what is happening in a fire, as we don’t …
Homeowners’ Guide to Wildfire Prevention
Dr. Sieben is the featured author at A Great Good Place for Books at 7 pm, June 18th, 6120 LaSalle Avenue, in the Montclair district of Oakland. He will present photographs demonstrating the recommendations made in his book, The Homeowners’ Guide to Wildfire Prevention. This is your chance to ask …
Wildfire Prevention Preempts Suppression
Protect Your Home From Wildfires
The Cheapest Fire Insurance You Can Get Is Knowledge Most homeowners have no clue as to how they can protect their home from wildfire. Nonetheless, there is a lot they can and must do before a major firestorm hits and overwhelms firefighters. When firefighters are called upon to put out …