The action plans generated by EmberThreat are managed using a prioritization matrix that categorizes corrective actions into 4 quadrants based on urgency (probability of fire exposure) and difficulty of implementation (cost in man-hours). The system prioritizes recommendations for items that are high risk and easy to improve, such as clearing drains (2 hours of labor to reduce risk value by 15 points) and removing firewood piles (1 hour to reduce by 12 points). Each recommendation is accompanied by detailed implementation criteria, such as "pruning branches", which specifies that branches should be kept less than 1 inch in diameter and cut at least 6 inches from the trunk.
The plan specifically emphasizes the recommended time window for landscape improvements: dead leaf removal to be completed within 2 weeks of the end of the rainy season and fire-resistant plantings to be completed 4 weeks before the start of the dry season. The system also generates a list of supplies (e.g., the number of cubic yards of gravel needed) and a budget estimate (accurate to the $50 interval). According to user data, homeowners who implemented the recommendations in their entirety had a home preservation rate of 96.71 TP3T during the 2018-2022 California wild season, far exceeding the 63.21 TP3T of non-users.
This answer comes from the articleEmberThreat: Using AI to assess and reduce wildfire riskThe
