Could better planning have mitigated commercial and residential devastation from the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire?
A new report created by the Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) Coalition may have an answer. Titled, "Lessons from Waldo Canyon," the FAC analysis provides information about specific vulnerabilities leading to the destruction of nearly 350 homes in Colorado Springs, Colorado in June, 2012. In addition to reviewing the circumstances surrounding the wildfire, the FAC Coalition offers guidance to communities situated in wildfire-prone areas about how to reduce wildfire damage.
"Property insurers are extremely concerned about wildfire, particularly with current severe drought conditions in the western United States," says Julie Rochman, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) president and CEO. "The useful post-disaster field research findings in the Waldo Canyon report provide critical insights for property owners."
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