Sentences with phrase «wildfire damage»

Most of the time you'll purchase the insurance policy as a broad spectrum fire package, but you may find that some insurers in California have policies that cover wildfire damage alone.

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The town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada made international news headlines in May, as a massive wildfire damaged homes and buildings.

The group is also working to educate residents on how to limit wildfire damage by protecting their homes.

The combination of selective logging and wildfires damages turns primary forests into a thick scrub full of smaller trees and vines, which stores 40 % less carbon than undisturbed forests.

With the wildfire season really heating up, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering several fact sheets to help homeowners prepare for and mitigate wildfire damages.

The optimal level of fire suppression happens when an additional dollar of spending on suppression avoids at least a dollar of wildfire damages.

Aguirre intervened in an application from the state's investor - owned utilities — Edison, SDG&E, Southern California Gas and Pacific Gas & Electric — when they wanted to charge customers in advance for future wildfire damages that would not be covered by insurance companies.

Aside from a landlord policy or homeowner's insurance, practical efforts to keep your home in good shape and the yard clean also go a long way in preventing wildfire damage.

While residents of heavily forested and rural areas may be most concerned about wildfire damage, city residents are not immune to the threat of fire damage either.

If your homeowners insurance policy covers wildfire damage, you'll likely find it offers several different types of protection.

Part of that increase is also the cost of protecting our homes, which we are building in areas that are at risk for wildfire damage.

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US authorities spent more than $ 2bn suppressing wildfires in 2015, but greater conflagrations are expected in the US west, and wildfire damage could eventually double, according to other studies.

If your home is at risk, you'll want to make sure you understand whether your homeowners insurance policy covers wildfire damage and how much coverage you have.

Homes abutting forests or natural areas in parts of eastern Washington are at higher risk for wildfire damage than residential areas in urban areas, or those located in the damper western regions of the state.

Unlike earthquakes and floods, wildfire damages should not require a completely separate policy and probably do not even mean resorting to a high risk policy.

Lots of people have lost their homes and businesses — and surely many of them were uninsured for wildfire damage, or will find that they were woefully underinsured.