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California’s cripplinghome insurance crisiscould be saved after a wildfire defense company launched a game-changing product to stop houses burning down.
Frontline Wildfire Defense offers a sprinklersystem that automatically sprays down a property with a light mistwhen a blaze is close by.
The product, the company says, can shake up theinsurance market. “It’s like a giant car wash,” Greg Dexter, a Healdsburg homeowner who installed the sprinklers on his eaves and roof,told NBC Bay Area.
Dexter had brought Frontline after after hisinsurance company dropped himafter deeming his home too risky.
Such sprinkler defense systems,which can cost $15,000 to $30,000for most properties, is basically a self-defense rig to shield against wildfires, he added.
It seems there’s proof it works from last year’s huge Los Angeles wildfires. Of the 61 customer homes in the LA fire zones, 59 survived, said Frontline founder Harry Statter. Those results caught the attention of insurers.
“We’ve had a number of insurance companies contact us,” Statter said. “They want to develop programs.”
Now, Frontline Wildfire Defense has proudly declared on its website that it is backed by the insurance industry.
“We’re bringing you something homeowners have never seen before. Namely, active wildfire defense that’s being used in the assessment of your home insurance,” the company said.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
