Lessons From Maui

Given these realities, reducing home ignition should be the preferred public policy. Renovating homes by installing metal or other non-burnable roofing material, screening vents, and removing vegetation immediately next to the structure can significantly enhance the house’s survivability. Encouraging non-wood home construction could further enhance community safety.

In the end, fuel reductions (other than immediately adjacent to homes and communities) are ineffective policies. We should shift the fire policy focus on the house and work outward.

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