IBHS expands Wildfire Prepared designation program
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), announced the expansion of its Wildfire Prepared designation program to an additional 10 states. The verification comes in two levels for single properties, Wildfire Prepared Home and Wildfire Prepared Home Plus. Builders and developers can also earn the Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood verification for the reduction of home-to-home wildfire spread.
The program was established in 2022, was previously available in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon, is now also available in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
IBHS also established and runs the FORTIFIED Home verification.
“Wildfire doesn’t stop at a property line,” says Roy Wright, president and CEO of IBHS. “Once it enters a neighborhood, the built environment can either slow it down or help it spread. What one homeowner, builder or community does directly affects the survivability of the structures around them. Expanding our Wildfire Prepared designation program allows more families and neighbors to take coordinated, science-based action to reduce risk and strengthen resilience.”
