FireScapes

Identify which community segments have a higher risk of being involved in a fire to help target your fire prevention programs.

Fires are unpredictable, but certain behaviours can increase a household’s risk of being involved in a fire. FireScapes identifies high-risk population segments within communities to allow municipal governments and emergency service providers to target their fire education and prevention programs and tailor their messaging to their target audience.

This unique product is derived from the National Fire Information Database (NFID), which captures 10 years of residential structural fire data from Ontario for municipalities with a population of up to 75,000. The database includes the size of the at-risk population, as well as the underlying cause (e.g. cooking, heating and smoking). FireScapes enhances these data by profiling these lifestyle types and locating them on the ground within your community.

With FireScapes you can:

• Gain insights into the population that poses a high risk for fire incidents and use the information in the report to help inform their community risk assessment.
  
• Find deeper insights into the attitudes and social values of your populations of interest to better plan and develop intervention strategies.
  
• Use the report to develop cross-communication strategies with other departments across your municipality.