about the software...

The fire physics used in this software is based on research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The software for ecoSmart-Fire is written in Java by Earthview Computing for web application. Future development will integrate WaterWise and EnergyWise modules to estimate impacts of strategic vegetation placement on stormwater runoff, landscape water use, and energy use.

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credits...

The ecoSmart-Fire Software was developed by:

Center for Urban Forest Research

In cooperation with:

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Earthview Computing

National Institute for Standards and Technology

Natural Resources Conservation Servicee

With support from:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

USDA Forest Service
State and Private Forestry

Is your home in jeopardy?
42 million homes are located in the wildland-urban interface. Is yours one of them?

Landscaping directly influences the threat of loss in fires.
Pre-fire actions can prevent disasters.
Local regulations may conflict with your desires for the appearance of your home exterior, use of the land, views, privacy, and wildlife habitat.

Use ecoSmart-Fire to see what potential threats you may have!

What is ecoSmart-Fire?

ecoSmart-Fire is an interactive, flexible, graphical tool designed to help residents make fire safety choices while considering ways to enhance beauty, retain native vegetation, ensure privacy, conserve water, and save energy.

How ecoSmart-Fire Works...

ecoSmart-Fire is an interactive and flexible graphical-tool designed to assist you identify ecoSmart-Fire choices while considering the ways to retain native fuels, irrigate the landscape, and insure privacy.

Step 1: Build lot and landscape to determine current fire hazard.


	Current landscape is very hazardous, as indicated by fire hazard bar.

Step 2: Watch the effect of tree removal (at arrows) on fire hazards.


	Hazard is lowered, but there are few trees left.

Step 3: Identify trade-offs and options for future ecoSmart-Fire landscaping.


	Hazard is lowered, but now with more trees.