• Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
Friday, May 23, 2025
Choose Your Area
The LA Monitor
  • Home
  • About
  • Submit News Tip
  • LA Monitor Exclusives & Reports
  • Local News
    • Los Angeles
    • San Fernando Valley
    • San Gabriel Valley
    • South Bay
    • Long Beach
    • Orange County
  • California
  • Crime
  • Business
  • More
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Health
    • Sports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
  • Submit News Tip
  • LA Monitor Exclusives & Reports
  • Local News
    • Los Angeles
    • San Fernando Valley
    • San Gabriel Valley
    • South Bay
    • Long Beach
    • Orange County
  • California
  • Crime
  • Business
  • More
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Health
    • Sports
No Result
View All Result
The LA Monitor
No Result
View All Result
  • LA Monitor Exclusives & Reports
  • Local News
  • California
  • Crime
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Sports
Home Business

New California neighborhood billed as first fire-resistant community in U.S.

LA Daily News by LA Daily News
Apr 30, 2025 4:13 pm EDT
in Business
0 0
A A
0
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The homes in the half-built subdivision look a lot like all the others nestled up against the parched, shrubby hills of Escondido in north San Diego County.

But look a little closer. The gutters and vents are enclosed in a thin, wire mesh. Each window is double-paned, the glass tempered to withstand the heat of a wildfire, the stucco around the shutters resistant to flame. The privacy fences, a suburban staple, look like wood, but are actually brown-tinted steel. Every foundation sits behind a moat of gravel.

Also see: What is ‘home hardening’? Fire-resistant walls, roofs, windows and landscaping 

National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the United States. The next time fire rips through the chaparral in surrounding hills (a question of when, not if) this cluster of homes is being built to keep the flames at the subdivision’s edge.

Though only half of the 64 homes have been constructed, the development had its grand opening earlier this month. No one from KB would say as much, but in purely marketing terms, the timing couldn’t have been better. For years, wildfire-resilient home and neighborhood design has been a niche consideration for many California homeowners. January’s Los Angeles firestorms have made it feel more like an urgent necessity.

“Buyers want to feel safe in their homes and this is a really big plus for them,” said Steve Ruffner, who oversees KB projects across the region.

The design of each house and the layout of the entire subdivision — with healthy buffers between each building and scant flammable vegetation — meet standards set by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a research nonprofit funded by the insurance industry. The institute began issuing its “wildfire prepared” designations to homes in 2022. Think organic certification on produce, except for homes built to withstand wildfire.

This is the first time the…

Read the full article here

Have a news tip for The LA Monitor? Submit your news tip or article here.
ShareTweetSharePinShareSendSend
LA Daily News

LA Daily News

The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media.

Related Articles

Business

KeyBank Gives $50M To Affordable Projects

May 19, 2025 3:01 am EDT
Business

Maryland loses triple-A bond rating from Moody’s rating agency

May 14, 2025 2:52 pm EDT
Business

The Tariff Effect: Impact & Strategies

May 10, 2025 12:22 am EDT
Business

Logistics giant DHL laying off 346 workers at Ontario facility

May 7, 2025 3:01 pm EDT
Business

ACCOUNTING: Yiangou

May 5, 2025 11:41 am EDT
Business

U.S. home sales hit a 10-year low

May 3, 2025 8:03 am EDT

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

The LA Monitor

The LA Monitor is your number one website for the latest news and updates about Los Angeles. follow us now to get the news that matters to you.

Trending Topics

  • Business
  • California
  • Crime
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • LA Monitor Exclusives & Reports
  • Local News
  • Long Beach
  • Los Angeles
  • Orange County
  • Politics
  • San Fernando Valley
  • San Gabriel Valley
  • South Bay
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Quick Links

  • About
  • Submit News Tip
  • Advertise
  • Customer Support
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

© 2023 The LA Monitor - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
  • Submit News Tip
  • LA Monitor Exclusives & Reports
  • Local News
    • Los Angeles
    • San Fernando Valley
    • San Gabriel Valley
    • South Bay
    • Long Beach
    • Orange County
  • California
  • Crime
  • Business
  • More
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Health
    • Sports

© 2023 The LA Monitor - All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.