Fyto Autonomous Firefighting is a California-based wildfire protection company. Our mission is to end the destruction of private property caused by wildfires with a specific focus on California and the neighboring states.

As the problem of wildfires grows in scale each year, the risk to homeowners and insurers rises. As the risk rises, insurers withdraw their policies from homeowners with properties in the WUI (wildland urban interface). Redfin estimates that 4.5 million homes will not have insurance against wildfires by the end of 2022.

In this project, we would like to create a system that can send an alert to the smartphone of a homeowner if their address is found to be in the path of an active wildfire.

The criteria for this system will need to be closely defined with stakeholders, but example requirements are:

1. Is an active wildfire < 5 miles from the registered property address?

2. What environmental factors are being calculated to determine the path of the fire?

3. Is there a low, medium or high probability that the fire will reach their property?

4. Provide an alert when the fire reaches the property.

Data to build this system are freely available from various sources. We would need to look at multiple sources to build an accurate system.

Some data is given here (not a full list):

https://github.com/datadesk/california-fire-zone-analysis

https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2018-06/microsoft-releases-125-million-building-footprints-in-the-us-as-open-data

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/

Some additional information:

1. https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-california-buildings-in-fire-zones/

Reach out to me, Marcel Furmie, CEO, any time. I am available each day for office hours. I am also always reachable via email and messaging platforms such as Slack.

Before founding Fyto, I was the Director of Product at Quantgene, a biotech company in Los Angeles. I have also served as a professional advisor to the Project Management Institute since 2017.
Additionally, our CTO, Armond Furmie, will be available for meetings, check-ins, office hours etc.