Six Months After the Palisades Fire, FRP Become Key Wildfire Risk Metric
New research says fire radiative power (FRP) will drive even greater wild-land/urban fires like the January catastrophe.
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Report Urges National Technology Effort as Wildfire Risk Outpaces Current Systems
A new report warns that wildfire losses are outpacing current risk-management systems, urging a coordinated national effort to move technologies from pilot to scale.
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Edison Says Utility Customers, Shareholders Can't Remain On the Hook for Wildfire Catastrophes
One of California’s largest electric utilities is warning that the state can no longer treat its customers and shareholders as the default catastrophe insurers, as new legislation radically reshapes how wildfire liability is financed and distributed across the economy.
California Lawmakers Pass Public Wildfire Catastrophe Model Legislation
SB 429 heads to Governor's desk and would create the nation's first public wildfire risk assessment tool.
