VIDEO: May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Experts are urging homeowners to prepare for the wildfire season with a few steps.
On Monday, over 80 public policy makers and insurance commissioners gathered at The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise to hear what engineers' findings. The event was organized by the Idaho Department of Insurance. The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, has a facility in South Carolina. They can create scenarios of wildfire embers and flames approaching, then destroying homes.
They study things such as what happens if they move something away, or switch materials on a house.
On Monday, they shared what they've found to prevent destruction.
"There are three key features based on science, that homeowners can absolutely do," Anne Cope, Engineer at IBHS told Idaho's News Channel 7.