KB Home is building the nation’s first communities that meet the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s® (IBHS) neighborhood-level wildfire resilience standard: Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood. These communities will serve as a model for research-backed methods to reduce wildfire risk and underscores KB Home’s dedication to building innovative homes and communities that offer greater peace of mind.

What are the benefits of wildfire-resilient neighborhoods?

These neighborhoods are designed with advanced strategies that:

• Decrease the probability of initial ignitions from direct flame and radiant heat.
• Protect the neighborhood from ember attack.
• Slow fire spread within the neighborhood if ignitions occur.

Every home in these neighborhoods earns the Wildfire Prepared Home™ Plus designation, meeting IBHS’s most rigorous standards.

What rigorous standards must each KB home meet to earn the IBHS designation?

What makes non-designated communities prone to wildfire destruction?

Wildfires become catastrophic when they enter built environments, causing conflagration — the rapid, uncontrolled spread of fire that leads to widespread structure loss. Traditional neighborhoods often have:

• Dense structures
• Combustible materials
• Connected fuels like trees and wood fences

Even one vulnerable home can put an entire community at risk.

Why choose a wildfire-resilient neighborhood?

• Safer – Built to reduce wildfire risk at both home and neighborhood levels.
• Potential Savings – Will potentially save you money on home insurance costs.
• Greater Peace of Mind – Provides confidence that your home and community are better prepared.

View our media coverage to learn more:

IBHS:

Cal Fire TV:

CBS 8 San Diego:

CNBC:

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