Submitted Photos
Photos are reviewed for visible wildfire-relevant conditions such as vegetation close to structures, roof or gutter debris, ladder fuels, decks, fencing, slopes, access constraints, outbuildings, and visibility gaps.
What The Assessment Uses
Each report is built from separate evidence streams. Keeping those streams separate makes the output easier to review, easier to challenge, and more useful for homeowners, insurers, local programs, and mitigation providers.
Public Map Layers
The system checks broad overhead context using sources such as USGS NAIP imagery, NDVI-style vegetation context, surface moisture context, and Colorado Forest Atlas layers including fuels, WUI risk, fire intensity, and burn probability where available.
Property Intake
The homeowner's concern, lot size, prior mitigation, notes, and verified location are used to interpret what the photos and maps likely mean for the property.
AI Synthesis
AI combines the photo observations and map context into a preliminary summary of likely Zone 1, Zone 2, and Zone 3 concerns, then produces a scoped action summary for possible follow-up or provider bidding.
How Evidence Is Separated
Photo Evidence
Photo evidence is treated as visible, close-range evidence. It can identify obvious issues, but it cannot confirm exact distances, hidden roof conditions, full parcel coverage, or compliance with a formal standard.
Map Evidence
Map evidence is treated as broad context. It helps identify vegetation continuity, terrain setting, and regional wildfire exposure, but it should not be treated as a parcel survey or exact property measurement.
Combined Assessment
The final summary weighs overlapping signals. For example, visible ladder fuels plus higher modeled fuels context may increase priority for onsite review, while limited photos may lower confidence.
Confidence And Limits
Preliminary: The report is photo-based and map-assisted. It is not a certified inspection.
Likely, not exact: Language such as appears, likely, and may is intentional.
Verification needed: Distances, defensible-space measurements, roof conditions, parcel boundaries, and final scope may require onsite review.
Data availability varies: Some public map layers may be unavailable, low resolution, stale, or incomplete for a specific location.
No guarantee: The assessment does not guarantee code compliance, insurance approval, final cost, or mitigation outcome.
Why This Matters
The goal is to standardize early triage. A useful report should make the evidence visible, show what is uncertain, and create a practical scope that can later support provider bids, program review, or onsite mitigation planning.