Wildfire Analytics
Thu. May 8, 2025
Rethinking Wildfire Risk: Modeling for Action, Not Just Prediction
As wildfires continue to devastate communities across the West, we grapple with a critical question: Are we modeling wildfire risk in ways that actually reduce it? FortressFire CTO John Wall and Chief Data Scientist Mike O’Dell joined host Hemant Shah in a recent podcast in a conversation that offers a powerful look at how FortressFire is pioneering a shift in how we understand, model, and manage wildfire risk—one grounded in physics, focused on individual structures, and built to support real-world action.
Mon. April 28, 2025
A New Chapter in California’s Insurance Crisis: Why Wildfire Risk Mitigation Matters More Than Ever
Wildfires continue to reshape California’s home insurance market — and not for the better. As highlighted in a recent insurance.com article, losses from devastating fires like the Palisades and Eaton fires have driven billions of dollars in claims, leaving homeowners at risk of cancellations and forcing insurers to seek significant rate increases. A shift in mindset from risk transfer pricing to loss prevention actions clears the way for a new approach that aligns insurers and insured.
Mon. March 17, 2025
Experts Make a Case for Smarter, Physics-based Wildfire Defense
Outdated assumptions and approaches put lives, homes and businesses at risk. As wildfires grow more intense and unpredictable, we must shift to proactive, data-driven strategies that reflect how fire spreads and impacts individual properties.
Mon. February 24, 2025
FortressFire® Webinar on Wildfire Vulnerability highlights how REALTORS® can help protect client properties and prevent loss
As wildfires intensify, securing insurance and protecting property is becoming increasingly complex. But this isn’t just a homeowner issue—it’s a challenge for realtors, insurers, mortgage lenders, and entire communities. FortressFire® and the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® are hosting a webinar to explore how property-specific wildfire risk assessments are shifting the industry from risk management to loss prevention and giving realtors and their clients the tools to protect properties, improve insurability, and break the cycle of wildfire devastation.
Thu. January 9, 2025
Insurance and Risk Management Ramifications of LA Fires
We’re watching scenes of the LA Fires unfold with horror, along with the rest of the country and world. We ache for the loss of life, property, and sense of security and are awe-struck by the efforts of the firefighters and first responders. They’ll be time for solution seeking later. And we’re ready to support those efforts.