<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:28px;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Wildland Fires are becoming more frequent with higher destruction rates relative to land and property. Many of the most destructive fires in terms of financial loss have occurred since 2017. Here are some statistics with references published on BankRate.com:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px 0px 0px 50px;list-style:none;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">4.5 million U.S. homes are at high or extreme risk from wildfires, with over 2 million in California alone. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.verisk.com/insurance/campaigns/location-fireline-state-risk-report/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">Verisk</a>)</strong></em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">There were 66,255 wildfires in 2022, which affected 7.5 million acres, compared to just 18,229 wildfires and 1,323,666 acres lost in 1983 when official record-keeping began. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/fire/202213" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">NCEI</a>)</strong></em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">There was a 17 percent increase from 2019 to 2021 in U.S. wildfires and a 223 percent increase since 1983. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">NFIC</a>)</strong></em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">Humans cause as many as 85 percent of wildfires, with the remaining 15 percent caused by lava and lightning. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/wildfire-causes-and-evaluation.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">U.S. Department of Interior</a>)</strong></em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">Wildfires, drought, and heatwaves accounted for $20.36 billion in economic losses and $8.69 billion in insurance losses in 2021. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.iii.org/article/background-on-wildfires" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">Insurance Information Institute – Triple-I</a>)</strong></em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 7px;padding:0px;list-style:square;line-height:1.7">To date in 2023, there have been 17,292 wildfires with over 498,820 acres burned. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">(<a href="https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(248,140,0);outline:none">NFIC</a>)</strong></em></li></ul><div><h2 class="gmail-wp-block-heading gmail-has-vivid-cyan-blue-color gmail-has-text-color" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;font-size:22px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49);clear:both;line-height:1.3em"><u style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">How can I determine my Wildland Fire Risk?</strong></u></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:28px;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">ESRI’s Living Atlas has an abundance of data layers that can help you determine your personal and community Wildland Fire Risk, and there are already-existing GIS resources from ESRI and two of the most authoritative organizations in Wildland Fire Risk: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:28px;color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://geospatialtraining.com/understanding-your-wildland-fire-risk/">Read the entire article.</a></p></div>Thanks,<br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Eric Pimpler<div>President/Owner</div><div>Geospatial Training Services</div><div>215 W Bandera #114-104</div><div>Boerne, TX 78006</div><div><a href="http://geospatialtraining.com" target="_blank">http://geospatialtraining.com</a></div><div>Twitter - @gistraining</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBsovhqqh9xWnuTESkQdtkg" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><div><a href="mailto:eric@geospatialtraining.com" target="_blank">eric@geospatialtraining.com</a></div><div>210-260-4992</div><div><img width="200" height="79" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zH0t7YckIWXbK74Fcnz4OoIAPMMnKkeioKrH037kPtxGmWK37uZQScakRvnDdUKHWjoF10hoU"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>