Protect your home

Local residents and second homeowners can request a professional evaluation of the external conditions of their home and property to determine their susceptibility to wildfire. With a thorough assessment and proper mitigation efforts, your home’s chances of wildfire survival increase dramatically.

Request your home assessment here:

Aspen fire

Roaring Fork Fire Rescue

Carbondale & Rural Fire

Once your application is processed:

• You'll be scheduled for an in-depth, on-site assessment by a fire professional. ​

• The on-site exterior assessment takes about 2 hours to complete.

• A fire professional will prepare a detailed follow up report with customized, voluntary recommendations designed to measurably reduce the wildfire risk to your home.

• You can expect to receive this within 15 days of completing your on-site evaluation. 

• What is a Hardened Home?

• Construction materials and the quality of the defensible space surrounding it are what gives a home the best chance to survive a wildland fire. Embers from a wildland fire will find the weak link in your home’s fire protection scheme and gain the upper hand because of a small, overlooked or seemingly inconsequential factor. However, there are measures you can take to safeguard your home from wildland fire. While you may not be able to accomplish all the measures listed below, each will increase your home’s, and possibly your family’s, safety and survival during a wildland fire.

• Roofs

• Roofs are the most vulnerable surface where embers land because they can lodge and start a fire. Roof valleys, open ends of barrel tiles and rain gutters are all points of entry.

• Eaves

• Embers can gather under open eaves and ignite exposed wood or other combustible material.

• Vents

• Embers can enter the attic or other concealed spaces and ignite combustible materials. Vents in eaves and cornices are particularly vulnerable, as are any unscreened vents.

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• Walls

• Combustible siding or other combustible or overlapping materials provide surfaces or crevices for embers to nestle and ignite.

• Windows and Doors

• Embers can enter gaps in doors, including garage doors. Plants or combustible storage near windows can be ignited from embers and generate heat that can break windows and/or melt combustible frames.

• Balconies and Decks

• Embers can collect in or on combustible surfaces or the undersides of decks and balconies, ignite the material and enter the home through walls or windows.

• To harden your home even further, consider protecting your home with a residential fire sprinkler system. In addition to extinguishing a fire started by an ember that enters your home, it also protects you and your family year-round from any fire that may start in your home.