Category: Planning
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Introducing PyroRisk Zones (PRZ)
Based on national wildfire and fuels data, PyroRisk is happy to introduce PRZ2025 as a free set of data to visualize wildfire risk. Available in GIS shapefile format (contact [email protected]) Please read how to use below: This lower resolution version of the data (free version) is meant for utilities to be able to quantitatively compare…
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What is Fire Weather?
“Fire Weather” is a term that is used in the industry, and likely has different meanings for everyone. To the officer with a low risk appetite, it’s any time it’s not raining. To a seasoned fire fighter, it’s those days where the hairs on his neck stand up. PyroRisk uses that term to capture weather…
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Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Database
The Pacific Northwest National Labratory (PNNL) recently gathered and shared info on utilities’ WMPs. Check the link here. Our main takeaways are two-fold: As we’ve said many times: The utilities’ efforts should match the utilities’ risks. PyroRisk has experts who can asses risk levels, and recommend appropriate actions to undertake: ranging from vegetation management to…
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Utility Wildfire Risk – Rules of Thumb
Most consultants will keep the ‘secrets’ until you hire them. At PyroRisk, we are all about sharing as much as we can regardless who are clients, friends, or everyone else. Here are some rules we have learned since 2007: