XyloPlan provides data-driven wildfire risk modeling focused on identifying and disrupting "Fire Pathways" between fuels and assets. The platform delivers actionable, prioritized mitigation recommendations for vegetation treatments, defensible space, and home hardening. This service enables insurers, local governments, and developers to increase community resilience and reduce property loss exposure.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Wildfires pose a significant threat to communities and critical infrastructure due to the increasing intensity and frequency of wind-driven fire events. Current methods for assessing and mitigating wildfire risk often lack the granularity and data-driven insights needed to prioritize resources effectively. This can lead to inefficient allocation of mitigation efforts and increased vulnerability to wildfire damage.
Solution
XyloPlan offers a data-driven platform that models wildfire risk and identifies optimal mitigation strategies by analyzing "Fire Pathways"—routes formed by topography, weather, and vegetation that carry wildfire to populated areas. The platform enables users to visualize and prioritize vulnerabilities, assess the impact of vegetation treatments, and plan effective outreach programs. By quantifying risk at the parcel and community level, XyloPlan facilitates the creation of fire-adapted communities that can withstand wildfire events without catastrophic damage. The platform supports the disruption of fire pathways through vegetation management, defensible space implementation, and optimized firefighting response strategies.
Target Audience
XyloPlan serves insurers, local governments, developers/HOAs, and utilities seeking to understand wildfire risk, prioritize actionable mitigations, and build fire-resilient communities.
Features
- Parcel-based and community-wide risk assessments based on Fire Pathways™ modeling
- Identification of Vegetation-to-Vegetation, Vegetation-to-Structure, and Structure-to-Structure Fire Pathways™
- Visualization tools to prioritize vulnerabilities and direct resources to high-risk areas
- Assessment of vegetation fuel treatments to slow wildfire spread
- Evaluation of home hardening and defensible space measures
- Modeling of conflagration exposure to evaluate concentration risk
- Integration of current conditions and mitigation efforts into risk assessments