Protect Your Home Before the Next Fire
Find your property's wildfire risk, get personalized preparedness recommendations, generate a customized report and support letter, and help shape the future of residential fire protection research.
Works for California addresses, ZIP codes, and city/county names. You can also click the map to drop a pin.
Wildfire is no longer a seasonal event — it's a year-round reality
More California homes are exposed to wildfire than ever, insurance is getting harder to keep, and the choices you make about your roof, vents, and the five feet around your house can decide whether your home survives. Understanding your risk is the first step.
* Illustrative figures drawn from widely cited CAL FIRE and fire-science sources; exact values are verified against official datasets during data onboarding. See sources & methodology.
Your property on the map
Search your address above, or click anywhere on the map to place a pin. We'll show your location, county, and how to confirm your official Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
Enter an address or click the map to see your property summary here.
How prepared is your home?
Answer a few questions about your home's construction and surroundings. You'll get a Preparedness Score, a Risk Score, and a prioritized, plain-English action plan. Nothing is required to see your results, and your answers stay in your browser.
Your scores
Your top improvement priorities
Personalized recommendations
Add your voice to fire-resistant building research
Forsee LLC is developing fire-resistant building technologies for homes like yours. If you'd like to support that research and be considered for future testing, this tool turns your details into a personalized letter of support that you can save, print, and share. It's yours — we don't send anything on your behalf.
Home hardening, explained simply
Practical, science-based guidance drawn from CAL FIRE, the NFPA Firewise program, and Ready.gov. Start with the highest-impact steps.
Guidance summarizes public recommendations from CAL FIRE (readyforwildfire.org), NFPA Firewise USA, and Ready.gov. Always follow local codes and your fire authority's direction.
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California Is Burning is the public, homeowner-facing companion to Forsee's research into fire-resistant building technologies. The goal is simple: help homeowners protect what they have today, and learn from thousands of homes to improve the fire-resistant products of tomorrow.
You can help by understanding your own risk, sharing your preparedness picture, and — if you choose — volunteering to be considered for future testing.
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Where our information comes from
We believe you should be able to check our work. This preview uses established public sources, and every value in the full platform will carry its source and date.
Mapping & location
OpenStreetMap (base map), U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder (address lookup), CAL FIRE FHSZ viewer (official hazard zones).
Wildfire data
CAL FIRE / FRAP (hazard zones, perimeters), USGS & NIFC (historical fires), NOAA / National Weather Service (fire weather), LANDFIRE (vegetation/fuels).
Preparedness guidance
CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire, NFPA Firewise USA, Ready.gov, and IBHS home-hardening research.
How scores work
Scores are transparent estimates based on your assessment answers (construction and defensible space), weighted by ignition risk. They are decision-support, not a guarantee or an official rating.