Wildfire Threat to Residential Structures in Western Montana
This assessment evaluates wildfire threat to residential structures in western Montana. It entails a comprehensive analysis of fire simulation outputs and structure locations that emphasizes the fire effects, fire exposure, potential loss, and exposure-source for residential structures. The assessment incorporates two types of residential structure exposure: direct and indirect. Direct-exposure structures may be directly exposed to ignition from a wildfire. Indirect-exposure structures may be ignited secondarily, such as through spotting or house-to-house spread. In our analysis, we evaluate both types of exposure to assess overall threat to residential structures.
