Designing the Right Wildfire Risk: Newport Beach’s Data-Driven Approach Reduction Plan
Newport Beach is known for its coastline and beautiful neighborhoods, not wildfire. Yet the city borders wildland areas...
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XyloPlan Welcomes David Volat as Head of Sales
XyloPlan is pleased to welcome David Volat as Head of Sales, supporting XyloPlan’s next phase of growth as the company...
ILG Webinar Recap: Clarifying Fire Safe Laws and Advancing Local Action on Wildfire Risk
XyloPlan Co-Founder Dave Winnacker joined Moraga-Orinda Fire District Chief Jeff Isaacs and Fire Marshal Casey Irving...
Stopping the Transition: Why Keeping Fire Out of Homes Is the Entire Game in Dense Communities
Wildfire often begins as a vegetation problem, but the greatest losses do not occur in the wildland. They occur when...
Why Activity Alone Will Not Bend the Curve: The Case for Outcome-Based Wildfire Planning
For lack of a better alternative, wildfire risk reduction hasbeen measured by the volume of work completed. Acres...
What Local Leaders Can Learn from the ILG Advanced Wildfire Risk Reduction Series
Local governments are facing growing pressure to reduce wildfire risk in ways that are realistic, community driven, and...
ILG Webinar Recap: Creating the Right Wildfire Risk Reduction Plan for Your Community
Dave Winnacker recently joined James Gillespie (Fire Marshal, City of Newport Beach) for the latest session in The...
Cal Chiefs Presentation Recap: Bridging the Gap Between Insurance and Mitigation
At the October California Fire Chiefs Association conference, Fire Chief Dave Winnacker (Ret.) presented Rethinking...
ILG WEBINAR Recap: Building Fire-Adapted Communities in California’s Changing Landscape
Last month, Dave Winnacker joined Jonathan Holtzman (Founding Partner, Renne Public Law Group) led the session in The...
Utilizing Risk Models for Home Hardening and Defensible Space Prioritization
On October 9th, Dave Winnacker (Co-Founder, XyloPlan) and Jason Brooks (CEO and Co-Founder, Fire Aside) led a joint...
How Fire-Resilient Design Can Unlock Affordable Housing in California
In the new Whitepaper, Fire Resilient Development: How Science-Informed Community Planning Can Contribute to Affordable...
XyloPlan's Dave Winnacker featured on Economic Architecture Podcast
In a September 8th episode of the Economic Architecture Podcast, XyloPlan co-founder and retired Fire Chief Dave...
Mercury Insurance adopts wildfire risk score solution from XyloPlan and Milliman
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced that Mercury...
Eagle Valley’s Wildfire Risk Transformation
When Hugh Fairfield-Smith helped launch the Eagle Valley Wildland Program in 2019, the idea of coordinated, county-wide...
XyloPlan’s Community Risk Modeling Spotlighted in PG&E Grant Program
We’re proud to share that XyloPlan has been featured in the inaugural edition of PG&E’s Wildfire Resilience...
Firestorm Economics: How Veterans Are Battling Wildfire Risk In California
Veterans, Wildfire, and Market Forces: A Conversation on Firestorm Economics Featuring XyloPlan Co-Founder Dave...
Designing Communities to Withstand Fire
Designing for Fire from the Ground Up In a state grappling with record-breaking wildfire losses and skyrocketing...
City-Scale Wildfire Loss and Relative Fire Speed: XyloPlan Whitepaper
Extreme urban fire loss occurs when a specific set of infrequent conditions align. In City Scale Wildfire Loss and...
Alameda County Advances Wildfire Resilience Through Fire Pathways Analysis
Planning for the Inevitable: How Alameda County is Using Fire Pathways to Protect Communities How do fast-moving...
Smart Planning Can Break the Wildfire–Housing Deadlock
As California continues to face the dual pressures of a housing crisis and increasingly destructive wildfires, local...