Providing Fire, Hardening & Defensible Space Safety Reports for Real Estate Agents, Buyers & Homeowners
Wildfire Risk Inspections & Defense Plans for California Properties
Our expert team conducts thorough wildfire risk assessments, identifies vulnerabilities and makes recommendations to fortify residential and commercial properties. We work with real estate agents to provide FHDS reports, with buyers to give peace of mind with clear wildfire risk inspections, and with homeowners to offer practical steps that strengthen properties.
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More than 25 years of fire safety experience
Home Hardening Inspections & FHDS Reports for Real Estate Agents, Buyers and Homeowners
We help real estate agents, buyers, homeowners, and HOAs better understand and reduce property risks. Our team of seasoned fire experts, including former firefighters, conducts thorough inspections and delivers clear FHDS reports with photo evidence. These reports:
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Support real estate agents in meeting FHDS disclosure requirements, and building client trust
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Give buyers peace of mind with clear wildfire and hazard insights
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Guide homeowners and HOAs with practical recommendations to strengthen properties
With expert knowledge in fire behavior and disaster response, we provide actionable steps to improve safety and resilience—offering protection and peace of mind even in high-risk areas.
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Trusted Wildfire Assessments for Agents, Buyers, and Homeowners
Take these 3 simple steps to identify and strengthen wildfire defenses for your home or real estate listing—and even discover potential savings on property insurance!
Schedule an Appointment
Schedule your Home Hardening Inspection and Property Defense Plan today—whether for your home or a real estate listing—and take the first step in protecting against wildfire and other natural hazards. Inspections typically take about two hours.
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We Perform Your Inspection
On the day of your inspection, we’ll come to your property/listing and conduct a 360 review of the property providing feedback in your custom Property Defense Plan – including pictures and recommendations to be better prepared for wildfires, based on current Calfire standards and recommendations
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Address the Report Findings
After receiving your FHDS report and Property Defense Plan, real estate agents can provide it to prospective buyers to clearly communicate potential risks, while homeowners and buyers can review the recommendations to make informed decisions about updates, enhancements, and hiring contractors as needed.
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Real Estate Agents...
Are you selling a home in a high fire zone?
All homes located within a high fire severity zone are required to provide an FHDS report when selling your home.
Click here to check your address and find out if you are in a high fire severity zone.
Then, contact us to schedule your inspection and FHDS report!
Packages
Packages
Property Defense Plans & FHDS Reports
Exterior / FHDS Report
starting at
$400
Exterior Property
Defense Plan & CA FHDS Form
All new homes sold in high fire zones in CA are required to provide an FHDS form when selling a home. This option includes an exterior property defense plan and FHDS report.
Interior & Exterior
starting at
$600
Comprehensive Property
Defense Plan
Price for homes up to 3000 sq ft, larger homes can be quoted by phone. Includes both interior and exterior property defense plan and FHDS report.
Commercial Report
starting at
$800
Commercial Property
Defense Plan
Price for commercial properties up to 4000 sq ft. Larger properties can be quoted by phone. Our law enforcement background also allows us to create safety and evacuation plans for other emergency situations such as active shooter scenarios, please contact us for more info.
Golden State Home Hardening stays on the cutting edge of current CalFire safety requirements. We work within the framework of the insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara, the California Department of Forestry, the Fire Protection Office of the State Fire Marshall, as well as the California State FHDS (Fire, Hardening and Defensible Space) requirements.
Golden State Home Hardening stays on the cutting edge of current CalFire safety requirements. We work within the framework of the insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara, the California Department of Forestry, the Fire Protection Office of the State Fire Marshall, as well as the California State FHDS (Fire, Hardening and Defensible Space) requirements.Our Home Hardening & FHDS Reports assess some of the following risks:
- Fuels: Grass, trees and brush around your home (assessing your 1 hour, 10 hour, 100 hour fuels)
- Weather: natural and unknown/weather events (north wind events, etc)
- Topography: hills, chimneys, saddles, valleys, etc
- Predictive Services: based on our extensive fire experience, we are able to make predictions on where a fire might start such as roadways, traffic nearby, power line/electrical equipment proximity, etc.
- Assessing fire scores: Work with insurance companies to assess fire scores. Based on our extensive training and our “boots on the ground” background in fire safety, we can work with insurance companies, property managers, real estate agents and HOAs to create thorough fire scores for property risk.
“My department will work diligently to increase discounts to reward the hard work that California consumers do to protect their families, homes, businesses, and communities… The discounts offered to property owners who harden their homes and take action to mitigate wildfire threats are a financial reward that I believe will be embraced by many. This is a big step forward towards promoting community-driven preparedness and resilience.”
Commissioner Lara’s regulation is the first in the nation requiring insurance companies to provide discounts to consumers under the Safer from Wildfires framework created by the California Department of Insurance in partnership with state emergency preparedness agencies.