FireLine
Mendocino Complex Fire, California’s largest, keeps burning
Verisk's FireLine categorized more than 99 percent of the Mendocino Complex Fire area as at risk, with over 94 percent at high or extreme risk.
Slow progress reported against destructive Carr Fire
FireLine, Verisk’s wildfire risk management tool, is guiding analysis of risk factors seen within the Carr Fire’s perimeter. FireLine categorized more than 99 percent of…
Multiple wildfires scorch U.S. West; 300 structures destroyed
Just four of the dozens of wildfires burning across the western United States have consumed nearly a quarter million acres, killed one person, and destroyed more than 300…
416 Fire’s spread resumes as dry conditions build
The 416 Fire approached 35,000 acres as it spread along the west side of State Route 550 north of Durango, Colorado. Rainfall temporarily slowed the fire’s growth, but…
Ute Park Fire threat diminishes despite dry weather
The Ute Park Fire approached 37,000 acres in size as it burned an area along U.S. 64 in Colfax County, New Mexico. The fire started near the highway between Eagle Nest…
Tinder Fire launches wildfire season, burns Arizona parkland
FireLine, Verisk’s wildfire risk management tool, guided analysis of risk factors seen within the Tinder Fire’s perimeter. Verisk determined that areas considered to be…
Still-raging Thomas Fire proves tough challenge for firefighters
Using FireLine—Verisk’s wildfire risk management tool—to analyze risk factors seen within the Thomas Fire’s perimeter, Verisk has determined that areas considered to be…
California's December wildfires: Assessing the risk
To get a preliminary view of risk within the wildfire-affected areas of California, we used FireLine—Verisk’s wildfire risk management tool.
California’s wildfires: A preliminary view of insured loss
To get a preliminary view of risk within the wildfire-affected areas in California, Verisk used FireLine—our wildfire risk management tool – to analyze two of the largest…
Key findings from the 2017 Verisk wildfire risk analysis
California emerged from a long drought only to plunge into a heightened wildfire season. In fact, wildfires are up in many of the 13 wildfire-prone states Verisk analyzed…
California burning: An analysis of the summer 2015 wildfires
With at least seven lives lost and thousands of properties destroyed from raging wildfires, the summer of 2015 was one of terrible devastation for Northern California.
The difference between FireLine and PPC
Fire. It’s a basic combination of three elements that surround us every day: heat, fuel, and oxygen.
FireLine examines California’s Valley and Butte wildfires
In September 2015, two fires in Northern California—the Butte and Valley Fires—burned through nearly 147,000 acres and set 1,600 properties ablaze.
Assessing destruction caused by California's 2015 wildfires
California's Valley Fire in Middletown, which blazed through 65,000 acres, could be one of the top five costliest in the state's history.
Key findings from the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis
California leads U.S., with most households at high or extreme risk from wildfires, according to the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis.