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    Dan Hirning, president of FireFoil™ and founder of Firezat

    Field Notes with Dan

    Lessons, installation judgment, and field observations from decades of work with aluminized structure wrap.

    About the Author

    Dan Hirning

    Dan Hirning is president of FireFoil™. An engineer, he founded Firezat in 2007 and has worked on structure-wrap development and deployment since then.

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    The Series

    Field Notes Articles

    Aerial view of a single-story home covered in reflective structure wrap
    September 25, 20263 min read

    Smoke Damage: The Wildfire Loss We Can Reduce Before It Becomes a Claim

    A house does not have to burn to become a major wildfire claim. The cost is becoming harder to ignore.

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    Quote card: Without the wrap, the structure would have been a total loss. U.S. Forest Service fire commander.
    September 3, 20267 min read

    Field Incident: 18 Hours of Smoldering, and the House Was Saved

    A burning branch sat on a wrapped roof for hours and the house came through it. What the crew found when they lifted a seam is now standard guidance, and it points straight at why...

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    Optimal Wildfire Mitigation Strategies: What Works, Where It Fits, and the Trade-Offs
    August 25, 20268 min read

    Optimal Wildfire Mitigation Strategies: What Works, Where It Fits, and the Trade-Offs

    A working comparison of the four tactical strategies used to protect a structure during wildfire, sprinklers, gels, vegetation treatments, and structure wrap, and where each one...

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