Pyrecast – Next-generation wildfire forecasting platform

Pyrecast the next-generation wildfire forecasting platform

PyreCast is the next-generation wildfire forecasting platform designed to help utilities, emergency managers, and communities stay ahead of rapidly evolving fire risk.

Built on transparent, peer-reviewed science and a public-mission-driven ethos, PyreCast delivers predictive, actionable insights through state-of-the-art fire behavior models, ignition forecasts, and real-time fuel and weather data.
Whether you’re planning for public safety power shutoffs, coordinating emergency response, or tracking emerging threats across the landscape, PyreCast empowers informed, risk-based decisions when every moment matters.

More than an application

Built on open science, trusted expertise, and solutions designed for the public good

Open Science

Advancing scientific knowledge of wildfire behavior; building next-generation forecasting tools made available to all.

TRUSTED Expertise

Unparalleled breadth of scientific & technical expertise, with decades in wildfire modeling.

VALUES-DRIVEN VALUE

The sole science-driven, fully transparent, non-shareholder-held solution serving wildfire preparedness needs.

FLEXIBLE & AFFORDABLE

Flexible, premium, enterprise-ready SaaS services priced for public good.

System Capabilities

Operational wildfire intelligence platform delivering real-time, science-driven risk forecasting and decision support for proactive wildfire management.

Download: Geospatial Wildfire Platform Capabilities

Active Wildfires

Active Wildfires & Wildfire Spread Forecast

PyreCast pinpoints the location of actively burning wildfires as detected with satellite and airborne heat sensors and ground-based observations. PyreCast provides forecasts of hourly fire spread across the landscape over a 14-days timeframe.

Risk Forecast

All Caused Ignitions

Up to 5-day forecast of fire consequence using parallel ignition patterns – “all-caused and “transmission lines.” PyreCast models behavior of millions of hypothetical ignitions each day using up-to-date landscape and forecasted weather parameters. PyreCast’s flexible customization best meet risk forecasting needs like specific service territories and line ignition patterns to support utility de-energization decisions.

Fire Weather

Wildfire Weather Forecasts

Forecasts (up to 16 days out) critical weather parameters affecting wildfire behavior and derived fire weather indices with up to 14 parameters in total. Select from nine different weather forecasting models, including HRRR, NAM, RTMA, & GFS.