For the people fortunate enough to start building on their own homes, a lot will be focused on the spaces and the provisions for rooms that will accommodate the furniture, appliances and of course the people who will live in them. But before you get all jumpy, just remember you have to consider the unforeseen and this includes fire protection.
A home is a fixed property but it will not be spared from untoward events. We have seen a lot of homes in the world go down in ashes once fire strikes. So to avoid the painful loss of a home, even if it is insured, owners would do well to consider fire protection such as sprinklers or even fire extinguishers at designated places of a great home.
For Horobin, a British architect and longtime proponent of living sensibly and sensitively with the earth, fireproofing is an essential part of building a sustainable house. In part, it’s personal: He and his wife Lynn lost a house in a 1986 Los Gatos wildfire. “I know how it feels,” he said.
That feeling he added is compounded when he hears reports of rebuilding the same kind of structure in the same place after a fire. “I watched a report about people who lost homes in San Diego fires in 2003 and 2007 and are rebuilding with stick frames — one definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.”
(Source) Napa Valley Register
