Videos

Video from National Fire Protection Association highlighting 5 key areas that can ignite a structure, including site, openings, vents, and materials recommendations.

Video presentation on fire-resistant construction techniques specific to wood from the American Wood Council.

Video describing ways to create a defensible space around a home to make it less susceptible to wildfires.

Video interview from the University of Nevado - Reno with a Nevada fire protections officer explaining how to properly inspect a home's defensible space.

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 discussing effective methods to landscape homes for wildfire and high winds from FLASH Strong Home recommendations.

A video describing dry hydrants and their potential for improving ISO ratings.

Video from the University of Nevada - Reno explaining how ember activity from the Caughlin fire paired with high winds led to the destruction of homes over a mile away from the fire.

Video from the University of Nevada - Reno with a firefighter who fought the Washoe Drive Fire explains how strong winds can cause rapid wildfire spread, affecting homes.

Video from the University of Nevada - Reno illustrating what it looks like to follow defensible space guidelines for a typical Nevada residence.

Video from the University of Nevada - Reno explaining how a particular fire, the Washoe Drive Fire, was able to spread rapidly and affect homes and other structures through flying embers reaching roofs, vents, garages, and other openings.

Video from CNBC and IBHS explaining how wildfires are becoming more common and how using tactics from IBHS can protect homes moving forward.

Video presentation from the University of Nevada - Reno explaining fire-safe building materials and their classifications.

Video from FIRESafe Marin on site preparedness for wildfires

Video from FIRESafe Marin showing how foam gutter guard materials are highly combustible.

A video comparing a residential room fire with and without fire sprinklers.

Video presentation explaining how homeowners can protect their property and home from wildfire ignition through defensible space and home retrofits.

Video from National Fire Protection Association dispelling myths about how wildfires usually ignite structures and explaining how fires typically do burn structures.

Video showing how to prevent post-earthquake fires from appliances shifting during seismic activity per FLASH Strong Home guidelines.

Video from Little Firefighter showing how to reset an emergency gas shutoff valve.

Video from PG&E outlining building material-related steps to take to take to lower the risk of home ignition during a fire.

Video from National Fire Protection Association on the most common ignition points on homes.

A video showing the installation of a 50,000-gallon aboveground corrugated steel water tank used for fire protection.

Video presentation from the University of Nevada - Reno showing how to prepare a home and attached structures such as decks, surrounded by sagebrush for wildfires through steps such as defensible space, land maintenance, and materials selection.

Video presentation from the University of Nevada - Reno showing how to prepare a home surrounded by dry woodlands for wildfires through steps such as defensible space, land maintenance, and materials selection.

Video from USDA Forest Service explaining the benefits that community education can have on lowering wildfire risks.

A video providing a brief overview of NFPA Standard 13D.

The fourth video in an eight-part series documenting the installation of an underground cistern for fire protection - other videos available on YouTube.

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.

Video from the Forest Service highlighting potential weak spots on homes that could ignite the structure and how to lower the chances of ignition in these key areas.

Video presentation from the University of Nevada - Reno explaining how wildfires typically ignite structures and specific home retrofits homeowners can do to mitigate damage to their homes.

Video from the University of Washington on fuel combustibility.

Video from IBHS showing the difference between a home with defensible space vs. one without under wildfire conditions.

Video from FIRESafe Marin showing how airborne embers ignite dry materials hundreds of feet from the main fire.

Video explaining the threats of wildfires to homes and how to design your home to have a 'defensible zone' for fire protection. Recommendations from FLASH StrongHomes.

This video provides a clear guide on what to do in the event of a wildfire.

Video from National Fire Protection Association looking into construction differences of homes that survived fires versus those that did not. Part 1 of 2.

Video from National Fire Protection Association looking into construction differences of homes that survived fires versus those that did not. Part 2 of 2.

Video from PublicResourceOrg showing which materials are the most and least likely to ignite from embers during a wildfire.

Video presentation from the National Fire Protection Association with Dr. Jack Cohen, a fire science researcher with the USDA Forest Service, explaining steps to take to protect critical parts of a home from igniting due to flames and embers.