In Richburg, South Carolina, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety is conducting controlled burns on test houses to study wildfire resilience. At a 100-acre facility featuring a six-story wall of 105 fans, researchers "crash test" structures to observe how wind-whipped flames penetrate windows and eaves.
The nonprofit’s experiments suggest that fortified materials and the strategic placement of vegetation, fences, and mulch can significantly slow fire spread. To date, 13 houses have been burned to gather data from internal sensors and cameras. Read the full story at Fortune (subscription).
Source · Fortune
