@ai6yr I think any homes need to be built to better withstand fire. Thick concrete isn't sexy, but more practical, as well as stone, and to a lesser extent, brick.
In Palm Coast, FL, it took my BIL three years to get his home built, to required specs that mean it can withstand most hurricanes.
Fire is much harder to build against, but I remember one house that had thick cement walls that survived some years back, while none of the other wood frame homes made it.
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building codes and what home owners are willing to pay are much of the impediment.
a good friend lives in black forest co. the home he bought had been a builder as initial owner and at twice the required fire regs at the time.
when the black forest fire in 2013 went through, all 7 other homes on the culdesac, built only to code, were burned to the ground. he lost an outbuilding and had to have windows replaced (and smoke damage) but the house was more or less intact.
fire requirements, after the waldo canyon and black forest fires, were increased for all new structures and some existing stuff, like cedar shingle roofing, are now entirely illegal.
i suspect that home insurance (or inability to get it without increased regs) will be driving "better" homes.
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