Home hardening involves addressing potential vulnerabilities to wildfires in order to make the house more fire resistant. Click on the links below to learn more about hardening your home.
Upper Deschutes River Communities
Project Wildfire
Oregon State University Extension Service
- Prioritizing your home hardening approach Video
- The Home Ignition Zone
- Defensible Space and Fuel Reduction Guide
- Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nevada
Sustainable Defensible Space
Cal Fire
National Fire Protection Association
- How To Prepare Your Home For Wildfires
- Understanding the Wildfire Threat to Homes Video
- Reducing Wildfire Risk to Property Online Course
- Reducing Wildfire Risk In The Home Ignition Zone
- Immediate Non-Combustable Zone
- Roofing Materials
- Skylights
- Under-Eave Construction
- Attic And Crawl Space Vents
- Decks
- Fire Spread On Ember-Ignited Decks
- Fencing
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
Articles
- Oregon Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Code
- Community destruction during extreme wildfires is a home ignition problem
Wildfire Fuels Reduction Contractors
Click here for a partial list of fuels reduction contractors licensed by the Oregon Construction Contractors Board. The list is provided for information only and is not an endorsement by the UDRC.