Videos

Video presentation explaining how communities need to maintain vegetation near buildings and wildland areas by implementing successful defensible space.

Webinar reviewing a newly published guide of fire codes from the National Fire Protection Association.

Video from LSU AgCenter describing dry floodproofing and how to dry floodproof your home.

Video describing ENERGY STAR and what having an ENERGY STAR house means.

Video interview explaining the use of Simpson Strong Tie connectors for making walls and roofs more disaster resistant at a price of under $10,000. Recommendations from FLASH Strong Homes program.

This video provides an overview of heat transfer and discusses how heat transfer occurs in residential buildings.

Video describing a method for testing the earthquake resistance of buildings from the EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre.

Video from Cold Climate Housing Research Center on how to incorporate energy efficient building design into cold climates, focusing on the tribal community of Kwigillingok, Alaska.

This video provides an overview of convection in buildings, with an introduction to Newton's Law of cooling.

Video showing how to protect your home against both earthquakes and high winds and how similar design strategies can work for both events per FLASH Strong Homes guidelines.

Video from FIRESafe Marin explaining how decks can be a major weak point for embers to ignite. Proper construction and materials shown in the video reduce the risk of ignition.