From Data to Decisions: What's New with Wildfire Risk to Communities? | LANDFIRE Office Hour

Join Kellly Pohl, Associate Director of Headwaters Economics, Eva Karau, Analyst with the Fire Modeling Institute as they discuss recent updates to the Wildfire Risk to Communities website. Powered by LANDFIRE, Wildfire Risk to Communities is a go‑to tool for local wildfire planning. This overview shows how WildfireRisk.org supports mitigation decisions and previews what’s next, including smoke data and updated fire modeling. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Foundation National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy 2:50 WRC created at direction of Congress 3:40 Who is WRC designed for? 9:19 WRC relies on data from LANDFIRE, Fire Sciences Lab, Rocky Mountain Research Station 15:49 Wildfire Hazard Potential Map explained 17:10 Risk to Potential Structures Map explained 18:05 Live WRC Demonstration 21:10 Explore your wildfire risk 26:10 Community Wildfire "Risk Reduction Zones" explained 28:55 Vulnerable Populations Risk map explained 33:00 Data Methods 34:00 Download Data options 38:00 Updates coming to WRC 39:20 What sort of feedback are people providing on the WRC website? 43:10 What's the thinking behind "oozing of the burn probability into urban areas?" Want more short-form LANDFIRE Info? Join the email list http://eepurl.com/baJ_BH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/land... Subscribe: YouTube channel:    / landfirevideo   Find LANDFIRE data and products https://landfire.gov/ Still have a question? Shoot us an email landfire@tnc.org (we're here to help!) #LANDFIRE #LANDFIRECOMMUNITY #wildlandfire #wildfirerisk #LANDFIREHELP #LANDFIREHOWTO