Offering Wildfire Risk Assessments Nationwide
Our industry standard wildfire assessment data has projected wildfire risk data across the entire country as a whole, as well as for counties, communities, utilities, and nearly every state.
What is Wildfire Risk?
A community’s wildfire risk is the combination of likelihood and intensity (together called “hazard”) and exposure and susceptibility (together called “vulnerability”).
A Pilot Wildfire Risk Assessment for Texas
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment (TWRA) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard across the geographic area. Such information supports wildfire response, regional fuel management planning, and revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is a quantitative analysis of the assets and resources across a specific landscape […]
A Pilot Wildfire Risk Assessment for California
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe pilot effort to assess risk to certain highly valued resources and assets is an extension of the California All-Lands Hazard Assessment, a project funded by the USDA Forest Service that produced fuel and wildfire hazard information for the year 2020. Since that time, the wildfire hazard data has been updated to reflectthe historic wildfire […]
Wildfire Risk for All Lands in Colorado
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe effort to produce a quantitative wildfire risk assessment across all land ownerships in Colorado began in February 2019 when the Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service contracted with Pyrologix to calibrate and update a fuelscape, conduct wildfire hazard modeling, characterize the response of multiple Highly Valued Resources and Assets (HVRA) to wildfire, […]
Wildfire Risk Across the Eastern Region
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltIn April 2019, the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service contracted with Pyrologix to conduct a spatial wildfire hazard assessment across all land ownerships in the Eastern Region states. The initial focus of the project was to conduct a wildfire risk assessment for homes, critical infrastructure, and water resources in the Eastern Region. Project […]
Chugach All-Lands Wildfire Risk Assessment: Method and Results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the Chugach All-Lands Wildfire Risk Assessment (hereafter called ARRA1 ) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets for the Chugach National Forest and surrounding areas in Southcentral Alaska. Such information supports wildfire response, fuel management planning, and revisions to land and resource management […]
Wildfire Risk to California Communities
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltWe assessed wildfire risk to homes and communities in California as part of a larger assessment of wildfire hazard across the state. In July 2019 the Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service contracted with Pyrologix to conduct a spatial wildfire hazard assessment across all land ownerships. This summary of wildfire risk to California […]
Region 2–San Juan National Forest Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment: Methods and Results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the Region 2: San Juan National Forest Risk Assessment (R2SJ) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets across the geographic area. Such information supports wildfires, fuel management planning decisions, and revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is a […]
Region 2–Rio Grande National Forest Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment: Methods and Results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the Region 2: Rio Grande National Forest Risk Assessment (R2RG) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets across the geographic area. Such information supports wildfires, fuel management planning decisions, and revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is a […]
USFS Region 5–Southern California Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment: Methods and Results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the USFS Region 5 Southern California Wildfire Risk Assessment (SCRA) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets across the geographic area. Such information supports wildfires, regional fuel management planning decisions, and revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is […]
Northern Region Wildfire Risk Assessment: methods and results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the USFS Northern Region Wildfire Risk Assessment (NoRRA) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets across the Region. Such information supports regional fuel management planning decisions as well as revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is a quantitative […]
Pacific Northwest Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment: methods and results
/in Risk Assessments /by Ella KobeltThe purpose of the USFS Pacific Northwest Region Wildfire Risk Assessment (PNRA) is to provide foundational information about wildfire hazard and risk to highly valued resources and assets across the geographic area. Such information supports wildfires, regional fuel management planning decisions, and revisions to land and resource management plans. A wildfire risk assessment is a […]