Hazard Assessment

Hazard assessments are an important step in raising awareness of the interface fire problem and identifying the need for mitigative action.

Wildland-urban interface hazard assessment forms provide individuals and agency personnel with a structured and practical approach to assessing the interface fire hazard. The Structure and Site Hazard Assessment Form evaluates the characteristics of a building and the area within 30 m of the building. The Area Hazard Assessment Form assesses site characteristics greater than 30 m from the building itself. Completing both forms provides a comprehensive assessment of the interface fire hazard to which a property is exposed, from the perspective of the general area as well as the local site and the building itself.

Before attempting to complete the interactive forms, please be sure to read the special note about technical requirements below.

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Pen to Paper...

If you would like to complete the forms on paper and tally your scores manually, it is recommended you download and print the forms (in PDF format). Both the Structure and Site Hazard Assessment Form and the Area Hazard Assessment Form are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. If you wish, you may download both of these assessments, as well as the Fire Ignition and Fire Suppression Checklists in a single PDF file. These PDF files may be viewed using Adobe® Reader®. You can get Adobe® Reader® by clicking the icon below:

(These links to Adobe® Reader® will open in a new browser window.)

Web Interactive

We are currently redeveloping the web-based hazard assessments. They will be back in early May.