Wildfires

When a house is still standing after a wildfire destroys neighboring homes, observers often wonder how the home survived.

Follow these tips to clear 100 feet around your home. Reduce your wildfire risk by creating defensible space.

How To Create A Defensible Space

Defensible space helps protect your home against wildfire.

Precautions Before Evacuation

Prepare today in case of an evacuation order tomorrow.

When a wildfire has been reported near your home and an evacuation is anticipated, complete this checklist of steps (if time allows) to give your home the best chance of surviving.

You’ve taken the precautions to make your home resistant to wildfire by installing non-combustible siding and roofing, removing all wood attachments, managing vegetation and landscaping and providing adequate defensible space, yet you may still be at risk.

Having a disaster plan is critical to keeping your animal companions safe. And horses require extra consideration because of their size and specific transportation needs.

In an emergency, first responders need immediate access to the affected property. While perimeter walls, gates and fences do a great job of maintaining privacy, these physical barriers could delay help from police, paramedics or fire departments.

Consider these tips to help you and your family before, during and after a wildfire. But if an evacuation is ordered, do not delay; safety is your first priority.

Creating defensible space around your home or business could make a major difference in whether your structure survives a wildfire.

Now is a good time to review your wildfire preparation plans. Let’s discuss the why, the what and the how of wildfire preparation for homeowners and business owners.

With hurricane season now upon us and the risks of wildfires increasing every day in the summer heat, planning for natural disasters is an inevitable and necessary part of every disaster preparation or business continuity plan. But how effective will these plans be in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic?

Although not every wildfire can be prevented, you can take steps to make your property more resilient should a wildfire threaten.

Eligible Cincinnati Insurance policyholders in select states can receive potentially home-saving protection through our relationship with Wildfire Defense Services.

Losing valuable business records to a fire or natural disaster could seriously affect business operations. Take steps to protect valuable papers, or consider ways to store copies.

Most of us can, reluctantly, endure the occasional brief power outage from a weather event or other calamity. But an extended power outage can be a challenge to our dependence on modern appliances and electronic devices, and disaster plans should take power loss into account.

Does your emergency preparedness plan include a generator? Whether you’re facing a public safety power shutoff in California due to red flag wildfire conditions or an ice storm, heavy snow or hurricane that downed power lines or another manmade or environmental emergency, it’s a good idea to be ready for power outages.

Cincinnati Responds to Gatlinburg Wildfire

When a wildfire spread through Gatlinburg, TN, local Cincinnati teams moved quickly to help our agents and policyholders recover.

Protecting yourself and your family is your first priority in the aftermath of a catastrophic event. When your auto, home, business or personal property is damaged or destroyed by a tornado, hail, flood or other destructive event, focus on people first.

Cincinnati’s Catastrophe Response Team

Our catastrophe response program is unique in the industry.

Use of a drone in Cincinnati’s claims assessments makes the process faster, safer and more cost-effective.