Michele Steinberg, Wildfire Division Director, National Fire Protection Association
Get an introduction to the problem of wildfire disasters – the destruction of homes and neighborhoods -- and learn the science behind preventing home ignitions and community-wide devastation. Learn more about a voluntary risk reduction program in which more than 100 Texas communities participate with support from local fire service staff and state wildfire mitigation specialists. The presentation will provide examples of effective wildfire risk reduction to individual structures and across adjacent parcels. It will also address insurance impacts in areas that have experienced dramatic property losses in the past few years, and discuss approaches the insurance industry may consider to help promote loss reduction.