ALLIED We started in recovery. We built Allied for prevention.
For more than 25 years, our founder helped families rebuild after fire, smoke, and water damage. Allied Disaster Defense exists to do the work before the loss: understand each property, prepare it before fire season, and be ready when conditions change.
Our work starts before an emergency.
Traditional property protection is reactive. A fire starts, contractors are located, availability is checked, and decisions are made under pressure.
Allied was built around a different idea: the relationship should exist before the emergency does. We study the property, prepare it before the season, and keep its plan current, so that when conditions change we are not meeting the property for the first time.
We already know it.
Restoration and fire service experience, applied before the fire.
OP Almaraz
OP spent more than 25 years in disaster restoration, helping families and properties recover after fires and other disasters. He founded Allied to move that work earlier: prepare the property before a disaster instead of rebuilding after one. He also hosts the All Things Wildfire podcast.
Captain Rich Snyder
Rich began his fire service career in 1986 with the Sierra Madre Fire Department, became a career Fire Prevention Specialist in 1990, and has served as Fire Marshal and Station Shift Captain. He holds State certifications including Fire Investigator, Fire Prevention Officer, Plans Examiner, and Wildfire Engine Boss. For about 30 years he has run a ground application program for long-term fire retardant around the perimeter of the Rose Bowl and other wildfire-risk areas in the San Gabriel Valley.
Vincent Lu
Vincent leads Allied’s marketing and technology, including the systems behind every Client Family’s risk profile and property documentation.
Retired fire service professionals do the field work.
Assessments and field work are led by retired fire service professionals and wildfire specialists who have stood in front of these fires.
- More than ten retired firefighters of every rank, including former fire chiefs, battalion chiefs, and captains.
- Licensed execution. Home hardening is performed under the appropriate California contractor licensing and coordinated by your advisor, so the property has one point of accountability.
- Documented, every season. Every recommendation, treatment, and review is recorded, so the property’s file is current when it matters.
What our work looked like in a recent fire.
Seven days straight.
We were dispatched for one Prep & Go member whose estate was in the path of the Palisades fire. The response grew into servicing entire neighborhoods across the Palisades for seven days straight, with restoration follow-up afterward.
Every Client Family starts with the property.
- IYour Private Risk ProfileWe study how wildfire could reach the estate, where it is vulnerable, and what deserves attention first.
- IIWe recommend the levelYour advisor recommends the membership level the property needs. You never have to compare packages.
- IIIStewardshipWe prepare the property, keep its plan current through the season, and document every action.
Start with your property.
Your Private Risk Profile shows how wildfire could reach the estate and what to do first. Membership is by application, and every application is reviewed personally.