With increasing wildfires in California, home insurers have begun canceling policies. Here is a post by a homeowner on the neighborhood app NextDoor.

The homeowner writes, “there have been home insurance cancellations due to fire risk.” Many other homeowners have experienced the same.

Wildfires Make Homes Uninsurable

Homeowner’s or renter’s insurance insures for more than fire, and it is not a luxury. Without homeowners insurance, you cannot get a mortgage or sign a rental agreement.

YouSolar has one project under contract where powering the wildfire suppression system is the primary reason for the PowerBloc®. The PowerBloc becomes a “fire truck.”

Homes do not have to be in the “urban-wildlife interface” to lose insurance. Homes in residential areas see their insurance canceled if the home is within a few thousand feet of open space.

For many homeowners, investing in a battery system and wildfire suppression will be the only way to prevent the loss of their homes from wildfires.

Hopefully, insurers will be ready to provide fire insurance to homes that demonstrate a battery-backed wildfire suppression system. Even now, when your home has indoor sprinklers to stop or slow house fires, insurance companies provide a credit in the price of the homeowner’s policy.