Fire Aside provides software that enables fire agencies and communities to conduct defensible space evaluations and manage wildfire resilience programs at the parcel level. By increasing resident engagement and facilitating actions to reduce wildfire risk, the platform has improved participation in mitigation efforts by five times across over one million residences in five states.
Funding
$1.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Wildfires pose a significant threat to communities, and effectively managing defensible space and implementing resilience programs requires coordinated efforts between fire agencies, communities, and residents. Current methods for conducting defensible space evaluations and managing wildfire resilience programs often lack the efficiency and scalability needed to address the growing risk.
Solution
Fire Aside offers a software platform designed to streamline defensible space evaluations and enhance wildfire resilience program management at the parcel level. The platform facilitates resident engagement by providing customized, interactive reports that prioritize actions based on risk, driving participation in mitigation efforts. Fire agencies benefit from improved efficiency, velocity, and consistency in home evaluations, while also gaining access to consistent ground truth data at the parcel level. Fire Aside also provides tools for managing fuel removal programs and resilience grants, enabling policymakers to implement and manage direct assistance programs for communities.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes fire agencies, fire safe councils, homeowners associations, and residents in communities at risk of wildfires.
Features
- Defensible Space Inspection (DSI) software to improve the efficiency and consistency of home evaluations
- Interactive reports customized to each property, prioritizing actions by risk level
- ChipperDay software to expand chipping programs with optimized route management and scheduling
- Resident scheduling with text alerts and photo uploads for chipping programs
- Grants module to implement and manage grant and direct assistance programs
- Parcel-level data management for vegetation and structural information
- Tools for compliance and issue resolution tracking
- Data analytics to inform resource allocation decisions and advanced modeling of future events