The First LA Rebuild is Ready with Frontline

Less than a year after wildfires destroyed thousands of homes across Los Angeles, the first rebuilt home in Pacific Palisades has received its certificate of occupancy and has a fully functioning Frontline system integrated from day one. It’s a meaningful step and a sign that rebuilding is starting to gain practical momentum.

Built by Thomas James Homes, the 4,000-square-foot showcase home reflects a rebuilding approach that’s focused on both speed and long-term resilience. TJH offers six pre-approved floor plans that reduce permitting delays, one of the biggest obstacles to post-fire rebuilding, while still allowing homeowners to customize finishes and layouts. This combination of efficiency and flexibility is exactly what large-scale recovery requires.

TJH homes are also coming pre-plumbed for Frontline, giving homeowners stronger protection and more flexibility. Families who want Frontline from day one can have the system added as part of the normal construction process, without any extra steps or delays. If a family decides later that they want the added protection, the piping and infrastructure are already in place, allowing our team to install the system without opening walls or retrofitting. Pre-plumbing makes wildfire defense easy to add whenever the homeowner is ready.

Just as we expect new homes to be wired for electricity or cars to come with seatbelts, wildfire protection should be built in by default. By planning it into the build, every home is safer from day one, and neighborhoods are set to a consistent, resilient standard.

There is still a long road ahead. This first home demonstrates how fire-resistant design and connected wildfire defense can work together as one system. Thousands of properties across the Palisades and Eaton fire zones remain in permitting or early construction. But the TJH approach provides a model for rebuilding at scale, moving quickly, and embedding long-term resilience into every home.

Frontline is proud to be part of this first completed rebuild and to be a part of the larger effort. Our focus remains the same: helping families return home faster, and making those homes safer and more resilient for the realities of living with wildfire.