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Surviving Wildfire and Keeping Your Home Insured with Bill Steward and Kevin Musico
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- Healthy Happy Wise Wealthy
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- Aug 27, 2026
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Summary
🎙️ Welcome to Healthy Happy Wise Wealthy! In this timely and deeply practical episode, Mary Meyer sits down with two experts on the front lines of wildfire safety: Bill Steward, owner of Foresight Fire Consulting and a former fire captain with 25 years of public service, and Kevin Musico, co-owner of the Musico Agency with Goosehead Insurance. Recorded amid active fires in the Reno-Tahoe area, this conversation transforms a topic that can feel overwhelming and out of our control into something empowering and actionable. If you've ever felt helpless watching the news, wondering whether your home and family are truly protected, you're not alone, and this episode offers real hope. Bill and Kevin explain why it's often embers, not the fire front, that destroy homes, how simple steps like clearing the first five feet around your house can cut fire risk dramatically, and why insurance has changed so much in recent years. Together, they connect the dots between defensible space, home hardening, insurance decisions, HOAs, and community preparedness, showing that meaningful protection is within reach. You'll come away informed, encouraged, and ready to take practical steps that could make all the difference. 🌟 Topics Covered: Why embers, not the fire front, destroy most homes The zero-to-five-foot non-combustible zone explained Home hardening: roofs, vents, gutters, fences, and decks Why insurance has become harder to get and keep The rise of billion-dollar fire events and its ripple effects What insurers now inspect and how to stay insurable HOA responsibilities, reserves, and community preparedness Building an evacuation plan with Ready, Set, Go Key takeaways: Small, affordable steps can cut your home's fire risk dramatically Clear the first five feet around your home of anyt…