# WyldSafe

> WyldSafe helps homeowners in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) reduce wildfire risk and qualify for insurance through verified home hardening assessments, defensible space planning, and exterior fire suppression. We operate primarily in California and Colorado and partner with insurance brokers, carriers, and a nationwide vendor network (Embers Protection) for installation and ongoing service.

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## Core

- [Home](https://wyldsafe.com/): Overview of WyldSafe — what we do, who we serve, and how to start a free home risk assessment.
- [About](https://wyldsafe.com/about): Company background, mission, and team.
- [Solutions](https://wyldsafe.com/solutions): Product overview of WyldSafe's home hardening assessment, defensible space evaluation, and exterior fire suppression systems.
- [Insurance](https://wyldsafe.com/insurance): How WyldSafe assessments interact with insurance underwriting, mitigation discounts, and broker workflows.

## California regulation pages (high authority)

- [California overview](https://wyldsafe.com/california): California-specific wildfire insurance landscape and homeowner programs.
- [AB-888](https://wyldsafe.com/california/ab-888): California AB-888 home hardening reimbursement program — eligibility, covered mitigation work, reimbursement amounts, and application process. This is the most-cited WyldSafe page for AB-888 questions.
- [AB-38](https://wyldsafe.com/california/ab-38): California AB-38 home hardening disclosure requirements for property transactions in high or very high fire hazard severity zones.
- [SB-495](https://wyldsafe.com/california/sb-495): California SB-495, the "Eliminate The List Act," which lets wildfire survivors collect 60% of contents coverage without item-by-item inventory.
- [California insurance discounts](https://wyldsafe.com/california/insurance-discounts): The §2644.9 Safer from Wildfires regulation — mitigation actions that earn mandatory insurance discounts in California.
- [California cities](https://wyldsafe.com/california/cities): Index of California city pages by wildfire risk and FHSZ tier.

## Colorado

- [Colorado overview](https://wyldsafe.com/colorado): Colorado wildfire mitigation programs, insurance landscape, and homeowner incentives.

## Audience pages

- [Brokers](https://wyldsafe.com/brokers): How insurance brokers use WyldSafe assessments to place hard-to-insure WUI homeowners.
- [Carriers](https://wyldsafe.com/carriers): How insurance carriers integrate WyldSafe property-level mitigation data into underwriting.
- [Realtors](https://wyldsafe.com/realtors): How real estate professionals use WyldSafe for AB-38 disclosures and pre-listing risk transparency.
- [Vendor network](https://wyldsafe.com/vendor-network): Coverage map for Embers Protection vendors operating in all 50 states.
- [Wildfire vendors](https://wyldsafe.com/wildfire-vendors): Verified wildfire-mitigation service providers — defensible space, vegetation management, hardening installation.

## Concepts

- [Home hardening](https://wyldsafe.com/home-hardening): What home hardening means, what changes qualify, and how it lowers wildfire ignition risk.
- [Defensible space / landscaping](https://wyldsafe.com/landscaping): Defensible space rules, vegetation management, and zone-by-zone treatment.
- [Active defense](https://wyldsafe.com/active-defense): Exterior sprinkler and active wildfire defense systems.
- [Automated defense](https://wyldsafe.com/automated-defense): Automated wildfire defense systems triggered by sensors.
- [Fire hazard zones](https://wyldsafe.com/fire-hazard-zones): California Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) tiers and how to find a property's tier.
- [Wildfire zones](https://wyldsafe.com/wildfire-zones): WUI zones and risk classifications used in WyldSafe assessments.
- [Zone Zero](https://wyldsafe.com/zone-zero): The 0–5 ft ember-resistant zone around a home — what it is and what it requires.
- [Why harden](https://wyldsafe.com/why-harden): Why home hardening matters and the cost-of-prevention vs cost-of-loss math.

## Blog (most-cited posts)

- [Why California's insurance rate approval process is driving insurers out](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/california-insurance-rate-approval-process-driving-insurers-out): Long-form analysis of Proposition 103, intervenor delays, and the Sustainable Insurance Strategy.
- [California SB 1076: Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/california-sb-1076-insurance-fire-safe-homes): Coverage and analysis of SB 1076 — required insurance for homes that meet wildfire-safety standards.
- [Wildfire insurance crisis 2025](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/wildfire-insurance-crisis-2025): State of the wildfire insurance market post-Palisades/Eaton.
- [Wildfire defense types: resilience to active](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/wildfire-defense-types-resilience-to-active): Spectrum from passive resilience to active exterior suppression.
- [Automated wildfire defense systems](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/automated-wildfire-defense-systems): How automated systems work, when they trigger, what they cost.
- [Palisades / Eaton fires: government failure](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/palisades-eaton-fires-government-failure): Postmortem on the January 2025 LA County fires.
- [Can we stop wildfire — living in fire country](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/can-we-stop-wildfire-living-in-fire-country): Realistic framing of risk reduction vs elimination.
- [Will my home burn down? Wildfire risk](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/will-my-home-burn-down-wildfire-risk): How property-level wildfire risk is actually estimated.
- [One year later: From emergency radio to WyldSafe](https://wyldsafe.com/blog/one-year-later-from-emergency-radio-to-wyldsafe): WyldSafe origin story.

## Feeds

- [Blog RSS](https://wyldsafe.com/feed.xml)
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- [Blog JSON Feed](https://wyldsafe.com/feed.json)

## Data privacy

WyldSafe does not sell user data. Assessment data is used only to generate personalized home-hardening recommendations and is not shared with anyone else.