A note about scheduling a detailed home assessment: Thank you for your interest in getting a detailed home assessment (DHA)! Please know that as we schedule DHA's we are also working through existing asks - it may take a few weeks to receive scheduling information or a follow up.

Boulder Fire-Rescue's Wildfire Detailed Home Assessment (DHA) aims to conduct an assessment of each built home within areas of high wildfire risk in the City of Boulder. DHAs are an opportunity for Boulder community members to have their home assessed by specialists to understand how to best prepare their property and home for the next wildfire. These assessments must be requested but are free for residents.

DHAs complement the existing curbside assessment information that can be found on properties throughout the city. While the curbside assessment is a great start to understanding your home or property's wildfire resilience, the DHA will provide actionable improvements to reduce your risk on your already built home. This program is not for homes under construction.

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Why is a Detailed Home Assessment important?

The wildfire threat to the City of Boulder has been well documented. The recent wildfires in our area underscore the need to take action by fully assessing our risk. Our Curbside Assessments provide valuable data to residents, homeowners and emergency responders as to the preparedness level of each home in the WUI while also helping homeowners be proactive in preparing their home for a wildfire event.

This project is intended to be among the first steps in creating a Fire Adapted Community within the City of Boulder. Creating Fire Adapted Communities is one of three tenants of the National Cohesive Strategy to prepare for wildfires. The two additional tenants are Resilient Landscapes and Enhancing Fire Response. We will be adding more information regarding these additional tenants to our webpage as soon as we are able.

Thank you for being proactive and enthusiastic about wildfire resilience for your property!

While we are still accepting requests for DHAs, please note that we are currently scheduling out into the summer because of the number of asks.

We look forward to providing DHAs to everyone who has requested them and appreciate your patience as we conduct these assessments. Program staff will be in touch with anyone signing up for a DHA for scheduling.

How can I get a DHA?

Sign up

Follow this link to sign up for a Detailed Home Assessment. Once you sign up, a city staff person will email you a link for you to schedule a specific date and time to do your DHA. Please look for an email from a @bouldercolorado.gov sender (and be sure to check your spam or junk folder). Staff will not be making phone calls to set up the appointment.

A specialist comes to you

One of Boulder Fire-Rescue's Community Risk Reduction (CRR) specialists will come to your property at the agreed upon date and time to conduct the assessment. The assessment is normally 90 minutes which includes a walk around of the home and a conversation with the CRR specialist about potential wildfire resilient improvements.

Receive your DHA report

Your DHA report will be emailed to you shortly after the DHA is complete. This report will include information about improvements you could make to your home that would better its wildfire resiliency. The report will also include vegetation management advice for creating better defensible space around your home and on the property you own.

You are not required to complete any of the DHA recommended improvements though it is strongly encouraged to build a more resilient home and neighborhood.

Related Programs and Information

Wildfire Curbside Assessments

The Detailed Home Assessment is a complementary program to the existing curbside assessment map. While the curbside assessment will let you know how well your property or area is doing in terms of wildfire resilience from a curbside view, a DHA is necessary to understand actionable and valuable changes that you can make to your property and home that will improve your wildfire resilience.

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