Malibu Burns on a Schedule. Break the Cycle.
From the Woolsey Fire's 96,949 acres to the Palisades Fire's 6,837 destroyed structures, Malibu's canyons and coastline are among the most fire-exposed landscapes in America. Hardening your home is the only variable you control.
Malibu stretches 21 miles along the Pacific Coast Highway at the southern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, a geography that makes it one of the most beautiful and most fire-vulnerable communities in California. The city's roughly 10,600 residents live in a landscape defined by steep, chaparral-filled canyons that funnel Santa Ana winds from the interior valleys to the coast — a configuration that has produced catastrophic wildfires on a roughly 10-15 year cycle for as long as records exist.
The Woolsey Fire of November 2018 burned 96,949 acres across the Santa Monica Mountains, destroying 1,643 structures and killing three people. It burned from Simi Valley to the Pacific Ocean in less than 48 hours, crossing the 101 Freeway and sweeping through Malibu's canyon communities with a ferocity that overwhelmed suppression efforts. Seven years later, the Palisades Fire of January 2025 burned 23,707 acres along the eastern edge of Malibu's sphere, destroying 6,837 structures and killing 12 people — a devastating confirmation that the threat hadn't diminished.