The Last House Standing in a California Wildfire Was Armored With Fiber Cement

November 15, 2019

California resident Bob Gates awoke to the alarming smell of burning trees at 3 a.m. on a chilly morning in October 2017. From the window of his home in the Redwood Valley, he could see a three or four-mile wide ridgeline that looked like a tidal wave of fire bearing down on his property and neighborhood. … Continued

Are Fire-Resistant Fiber Cement Wall Panels the Key to Durable Buildings in the Arid Western U.S.?

November 8, 2019

In October and November of this year, more fires erupted across California, burning through thousands of acres of land and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. Sadly, for the past several years, wildfires in California and several other states in the Southwest — Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico — have increased dramatically as extreme weather … Continued

Month: November 2019