Protect Your Investment from Wildfire
The Escalating Threat
The wildfire landscape is fundamentally changing. In 2024, while the number of wildfires decreased below the 10-year average (39,803 versus 46,409), the total acreage burned increased substantially to 7,748,221 acres, surpassing the 10-year average (US Wildfire Statistics 2024). This means fires are becoming larger and more destructive when they occur. In 2024 alone, wildfires caused $1.8 billion in damage nationwide.
The Wildland-Urban Interface Problem
The core issue is that more homes are being built in fire-prone areas. National Forests showed a 38% increase in wildland-urban interface (WUI) area and 46% growth in WUI houses from 1990 to 2010, exceeding WUI growth for the continental U.S. This represents millions of homes now sitting at the intersection of developed areas and wildlands where fires naturally occur.
The logical conclusion is clear: as wildfire threats intensify and firefighting resources remain limited, individual property protection becomes not just advisable but essential for survival in fire-prone areas.
Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire — If You Prepare in Advance
Even if you have good insurance coverage, it’s limited to replacement value to rebuild your home.
If your home is valued at $2m, and your policy covers $1m, the equity balance has disappeared until you have rebuilt, a process that can easily take 2 years.
Your ROI is insuring or protecting that equity value.
Assess It
Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialists
We start with a comprehensive wildfire risk assessment of your property. Our certified Wildfire Mitigation experts, in conjunction with a Summit Fire/EMS fire inspector, will provide a comprehensive assessment report for your property. Using Firewise USA® principles, USDA Forest Service guidance, and IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety) recommendations, we identify vulnerabilities and create a step-by-step plan to harden your home.
✅ Defensible space recommendations
✅ Ember exposure risk analysis
✅ Custom wildfire mitigation plan
Following completion of the mitigation plan, the wildfire mitigation report (with before and after photos) can be submitted to insurance companies to qualify for fire insurance rate reductions and discounts under recently passed Colorado House Bill 25-1182.
Harden It
Protect the First 5 Feet
The area within 5 feet of your home is the most critical. We clear flammable vegetation, replace mulch with gravel or stone, and install fine mesh to block embers from entering vents, eaves, and gutters.
🔥 90% of homes that burn in wildfires ignite from windblown embers — not direct flames.
We make your home resistant.
Protect It
Automated Wildfire Sprinkler System
After home hardening, our Real Intelligence-powered Automated Exterior Sprinkler system is your last line of defense. With data fusion from thermal cameras, satellite wildfire alerts, and temperature sensors, our system automatically activates as fire danger approaches your property using a graduated response to initially pre-wet exterior surfaces, then soak exterior surfaces, and finally deploy US Forest Service-approved Class A foam, if needed.
Defense Delivered has the most advanced Automated external wildfire sprinkler system on the market, at the lowest cost of any comparable systems available today:
Utilizing sprinkler Zone Rotation to manage water usage
Full Remote Control via cell phone App
Manual Override and Manual Triggering via phone App
Automatic Triggering via proprietary multi-sensor data fusion controller algorithm
Designed to reliably defend, even when you're away
Developed with input from two Colorado Fire Departments for maximum compatibility with their wildfire fire fighting protocols & practices
Wet Homes Don’t Burn!
Automated external sprinkler systems have been shown to protect and save between 96% and 100% of homes in active wildfires. A 2001 FEMA grant paid for 188 homes in Minnesota to have automated external sprinkler systems installed for wildfire protection purposes. During the 2007 Ham Lake wildfire, 100% of the homes with external sprinkler systems survived, while more than 100 neighboring homes without external sprinkler systems were completely destroyed.
Check out this article on the Ham Lake wildfire story called “Wet Homes Don’t Burn”:
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Insurance Coverage and Discounts
Colorado insurance companies have recently begun denying coverage to homes in the Wildland-Urban Interface zone – or dramatically increasing the rates for fire insurance coverage. Colorado House Bill 25-1182 was passed by the Colorado Legislature in May 2025 to address this exact topic. Beginning in July 2026 Colorado insurers will have to consider all wildfire mitigation efforts in their rate and coverage decisions and provide discounts for property-specific and community wildfire mitigation efforts.
Your Summit Fire/EMS wildfire assessment report, documenting your remediation efforts to address the issues identified (including before-and-after photographs of the remediation work) can be submitted to your insurance company to receive insurance rate reductions and discounts per HB 25-1182. This is where our Wildfire Mitigation efforts will be able to pay for themselves over a period of years, through reduced fire insurance coverage rates and insurance premium discounts.
Get a Free Wildfire Risk Assessment Today.
📞 Call us at (970) 710-3777 or email dchristiansen@defensedelivered.com
You can also click here to request an Assessment online.
💡 Expert Insight
“Research shows that homes can survive wildfires with proper preparation — even in extreme conditions.”
— Dr. Jack Cohen, USDA Forest Service Fire Scientist
📍 Local Fire History
Wildernest Fire – June 2018
This Summit County blaze proved how fast fire can move through the wildland-urban interface. Our mission is to make sure your home isn’t next.
Ptarmigan Fire Late Summer 2021
