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Fire Prevention


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Find out how our products protect your home from some of its most common enemies: fire, hail, and hurricanes.

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  • The devastating wildfires in Southern California in November 2003 reawakened the issue of the dangers of neighborhood fires to American homeowners.


  • In the aftermath, both fire officials and homeowners throughout the West have reassessed home building policies in an effort to be better prepared for future fires


  • While the wildfires raised concerns for the Western region of the U.S., the need for better fire preparation through building policies has become a nationwide issue.


  • The development trend of 'cluster homes' — neighborhoods with homes or condominiums built within a few feet of each other — has called attention to neighborhood fires across the country as a fire starts in one home and quickly jumps from lot to lot, destroying whole communities in a matter of minutes.

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