About FireRisk.ai
FireRisk.ai is an independent wildfire-risk and fire-insurance information service. We give any U.S. homeowner a free, instant wildfire risk score (0–100) for their address — built entirely from authoritative U.S. government open data — plus a prioritized mitigation plan and plain-English insurance guidance. We are not an insurer, an agent, or a government agency, and our scores are estimates for awareness, not a guarantee of safety, insurability, or premium.
Who reviews our content
Tom Hunt
Wildfire Risk & Insurance Analyst
Tom Hunt reviews FireRisk.ai’s wildfire-risk methodology, defensible-space and preparedness guidance, and fire-insurance explainers for accuracy against the underlying federal datasets and current insurance-market practice. Every risk figure we publish traces to a named public source — we add no proprietary “secret sauce” and publish the exact formula and raw inputs so any expert can audit it.
Our editorial standards
- Grounded in official data. Risk inputs come from USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities, FEMA’s National Risk Index, USGS 3DEP terrain, NIFC fire perimeters, and the National Weather Service. We cite each source with its vintage.
- No fabricated numbers. Our live fire and briefing systems reject any figure that can’t be traced to a grounded source — we’d rather show less than invent a number.
- Transparent & auditable. We publish our full scoring methodology and a dated source & accuracy audit.
- Awareness, not emergency guidance. For real-time evacuation orders, always follow your local authorities and call 911. We are not an emergency or evacuation service.