ASSESS YOUR HOME

Find your level

The calculator assesses each face of your home and generates a report with your WER and CNEL levels. Your report includes download links to the right design guide.

What you will need

30 minutes, daylight, and a way to measure distances (pacing works). Walk each face of your home. The calculator asks about vegetation type, distance, slope, and close neighbours. At the end you get a professional report with your levels and the right design guide.

Homeowner assessing their home exterior with a clipboard — exactly how the FireHard WER assessment works

Walk each face of your home. Note the vegetation, distance, and slope. The calculator does the rest.

Prefer paper? Download the printable self-assessment guide

STEP 2 — HARDEN

Download the design guide for your level

Your calculator report includes a link to the right guide. Or download directly below. Each guide has specific materials, assemblies, priorities, and estimated costs.

WER-1
Ember Defence

Weekend DIY project.

$300–$2K ↓ WER-2
Radiant Heat Defence

Exposed faces. Contractor project.

$2–8K ↓ WER-3
Flame Defence

Exposed faces. General contractor.

$15–50K ↓ WER-4
Flame Zone

P.Eng. assessment and design required.

P.Eng. ↓
CNEL Guide

Close neighbour protection — download if any face has CNEL.

 New Construction Guide

Building new? This consolidates all levels into one document.
ALSO AVAILABLE

Supporting documents

Specialised guides for specific audiences. All free, all downloadable from the document library.

Communities Guide

How municipalities can reference and adopt FireHard in DPAs.

 First Nations Communities

Wildfire hardening guidance for Indigenous communities.

 Assembly Reference

Detailed construction assemblies for each element at each level.

 Technical Document v1.2

Complete methodology, lookup tables, and system documentation.
Document everything

Photograph all hardening work with dated images. Keep receipts. This is your evidence for insurance, resale, and future code compliance. Future Canadian regulation may require documentation of completed hardening work.

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