Some Bay Area homeowners and homebuilders are taking action to reduce their wildfire risk with new innovations.
“The house made it, with significant damage,” he said.
Statter pointed out a four-day battery backup as a satellite antenna. So if the power and internet go out, the sprinklers can still fight off a fire. That’s $20,000 for a two-thousand-square-foot home. For Mitchell, it’s money well spent. Especially since his family’s insurance company canceled their policy. They’re now in the state’s insurer of last resort, which caps coverage. The Mitchells shoulder significant personal risk. Thus, the sprinkler system.
DVELE built the home in Santa Rosa on the site where a home burned down during the 2017 Wine Country fires. DVELE says it designed the house -- and others like it-- for fire resilience.
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