Communities in the USA can check their Wildfire Risk on this very detailed website.
The Wildfire Risk to Communities team is led by the USDA Forest Service: National Headquarters – Fire and Aviation Management, and Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. Pyrologix and Headwaters Economics are partners in developing and delivering the data to the public. The program aligns with important federal policies and initiatives.Checking the wildfire risk is something that a lot of communities may well be doing since the events in Lahaina over the last week or so. Is risk now ubiquitous? this Bloomberg piece asks.
Lahaina, for example had a high fire risk.
The website is set out very nicely.
The first step is to Understand Risk.
You can check your risk on this page.
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