Canadian Wildfire Grading Index

Do you have a wildfire risk mitigation plan in place? The recent historic wildfires across Canada have underscored the need—rattling residents, prompting evacuations, and causing catastrophic damage to people’s homes and possessions.

Wildfires continue to be a costly peril, resulting in billions of dollars in losses in recent years amid an alarming rise in the frequency and severity of events. With 18.5 million hectares of Canadian land area burned, 2023 was the worst wildfire season ever recorded, smashing the previous record of 7.6 million hectares burned in 1989.

The Wildfire Grading Index, published by Fire Underwriters Survey, is a wildfire risk classification system built in Canada for Canadian communities and insurers. It’s the only wildfire risk index system that has surveyors on the ground collecting data from local Canadian fire departments about risk and mitigation. The Index, designed to align with the National Research Council Wildland Urban Interface Guide methods for assessing wildfire risk in Canada, provides a standardized 1-10 Wildfire Risk Classification for every property address in Canada. To learn more or book a demo, please contact solutionsupport@verisk.com.