The assessment
A written assessment of one property, made from the public record and read by a person. Free. No visit, no account, no sales call.
- 01How it is made
- 02What we read, by name
- 03What we look at
- 04What a desk can see
- 05What you get
- 06Who does the work, and who pays whom
- 07How long it takes
- 08What it is not
01How it is made
1
We read the public record
CAL FIRE's hazard severity zones for every county, the county's own parcel data, evacuation zones and fire districts where we have verified its layers, and the Public Utilities Commission's fire-threat map. Every answer carries the day it was fetched.
2
A person reads what we found
A person works the property through fourteen topics, with aerial and street-level imagery beside the record. Every finding says how it is known. A blank is a blank, never a pass.
3
You get an ordered plan, and names
What to do first, and why. What you can do yourself, before any price. A local cost range for each piece of work, and the licensed businesses Fireveyor would put on it.
02What we read, by name
Every fact is printed beside its source: a public record, named, or you. A map server is sent the address or the parcel number, and nothing else.
- The parcel
- The county's assessor and permit office, where we have verified its layers (County of Sonoma, Clerk-Recorder-Assessor and Permit Sonoma, today): address, use, acreage, year built, jurisdiction, fire agency and zoning. Elsewhere, the county's roll as you or the county supply it.
- The hazard
- CAL FIRE and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, for every county in the state: the fire hazard severity zone on the state map and the local one, the responsibility area, the wildland-urban interface, and the historic fire perimeters, each with the day it was fetched.
- Evacuation
- The county's emergency office (County of Sonoma and the City of Santa Rosa, today): the evacuation zone and the fire district.
- The utility
- California Public Utilities Commission: the high fire-threat district, as the county hosts it.
- Imagery
- Aerial, terrain and street-level views, opened by a person. A still of what they saw may be kept beside the finding it supports, and so may a photograph you send. Nobody comes to take one.
- Research help
- The person working a property may ask an AI assistant for public pages about it. The address and parcel number go with the question. A person checks whatever comes back before any of it is used.
- Not read
- Nobody's insurance file, and nothing behind a login. No public map names an owner. No camera, no drone, no visit.
Parcel data: County of Sonoma (Clerk-Recorder-Assessor and Permit Sonoma), used with attribution under the County's open data license; it is general reference data, not survey quality. Fire hazard severity zones, responsibility areas and historic fire perimeters: CAL FIRE and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. High fire-threat district: California Public Utilities Commission. Evacuation zones: County of Sonoma and City of Santa Rosa. Fireveyor is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, CAL FIRE, the County of Sonoma or any fire agency.
The state's maps answer for every county. A county's own parcel layers, geocoder, fire districts and evacuation zones are asked only once somebody here has queried them by hand and written down what they answered. Today that is: Sonoma County. For a lot in any other county the assessment reads the state's maps at the lot's position, takes the parcel record from the owner or the county's own roll, and says in so many words which county layers it could not ask.
03What we look at
Fourteen topics, each worked against the rule that applies. Where the law requires something, the report cites the section. A rule adopted but not in force is marked pending, never required. Good practice no law asks for is marked recommended.
- 01Hazard context
- 02Roof and gutters
- 03Vents and eaves
- 04Siding, windows, doors and garage
- 05Decks, fences and attached structures
- 06The first five feet (Zone 0)
- 07Defensible space (5 to 100 feet) and the roadside
- 08Hazard trees and power lines
- 09Propane tank, chimney and fire pit
- 10Address sign, driveway and gate
- 11Water for firefighting
- 12Backup power for shutoffs
- 13Life safety and evacuation
- 14Insurance and disclosure
- Zone 0the first five feet
- Zone 15 to 30 feet
- Zone 230 to 100 feet
04What a desk can see
- 38 questions a desk can answer from imagery and the public record
- 52 questions a desk can answer in part
- 36 questions a desk cannot answer, printed as not determined, never as a pass
A desk cannot see inside the gutters, what covers the vents, what glass is in the windows or whether the smoke alarms work. Those are printed as not determined. A visit or a word from you settles them.
05What you get
One document, as a web page and a PDF, signed by Fireveyor. It prints nothing about you but your name and postal address. This is what it says, word for word, before it says anything about your property:
Desktop wildfire readiness assessment
Fireveyor LLC · [Your address] · Parcel [number]
Dear property owner,
We looked at what public records, maps and imagery show about how ready this property is for a wildfire. This report says what we found, what the law asks of a property like this today, what is worth doing anyway, and which local businesses do that kind of work. It is a desktop assessment: we did not visit, it is not an inspection, and it is not a notice of violation.
What this report is, and what it is not
This is a desktop risk assessment, made from public records, maps and imagery. Nobody visited the property, and things that cannot be seen from public sources are marked as not determined.
It is not an official inspection and it is not a notice of violation. The organization that prepared this report is not a government agency or a fire agency, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CAL FIRE, any county or any fire district.
Where this report says the law requires something, it cites the section so you can read it yourself. Only the agency that enforces that law can decide whether a property complies. Items marked as a pending rule or as recommended are not legal requirements today.
No business paid to be named in this report. If you ask us to do the work, you contract with us and pay us, and we engage and pay the business that does it.
This report quotes nothing. A price for any of the work is given only after a visit, in writing, against a published range, and only while a California contractor's license is active. You are free to use any licensed business you like, or none, and you can check any license at www.cslb.ca.gov before you hire.
The cost ranges are typical local figures for planning. They are not quotes, and a visit to the property may price the work differently.
Your contact details reach a business only when you have asked us to do the work and we put that business on it.
Roof and gutters
Risk for this topic: [unknown, low, moderate, high or critical]
What we found
- [What was asked] [what was found] (public record)
- [What was asked] [what was found] (seen remotely)
Required today. A law or code section in force today requires this of an existing property.
- [The gap]. [What it means for this property.] Severity: [level]. The law: [section].
Pending rule, not in force yet. A rule that has been adopted or is expected, but is not in force yet. Nothing here can be enforced today.
- [The gap]. [What it means for this property.] Severity: [level].
Could not be determined from public sources: [what a desk cannot see] These are not counted as a pass. A visit, or a word from you, would settle them.
Recommended work
| Recommended work and what it involves | Standing | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| [The first piece of work] [What it involves, and why it is first.] | Required today | [$low–$high] per [unit] |
| [The second] | Pending rule | [$low–$high] |
| [The third] | Recommended | Little or no cost |
Who would do this work. These are the licensed businesses we would put on it. License numbers are printed so you can check them.
| Kind of work | Name of business | Phone, email and website | License and classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| [kind] | [name] | [how to reach them] | CSLB [number] ([class]) |
We do not have a business to put on this work yet. Any properly licensed business can do it.
Vents and eaves
Not assessed yet. We have not been able to assess this topic. That is not a pass: it means nobody has looked.
Where the data came from. Parcel data: County of Sonoma (Clerk-Recorder-Assessor and Permit Sonoma), used with attribution under the County's open data license; it is general reference data, not survey quality. Fire hazard severity zones, responsibility areas and historic fire perimeters: CAL FIRE and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. High fire-threat district: California Public Utilities Commission. Evacuation zones: County of Sonoma and City of Santa Rosa. This report is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, CAL FIRE, the County of Sonoma or any fire agency.
The document's own sentences. The bracketed values are your property's. Every map it quotes carries the day it was fetched, and the document is kept as issued.
06Who does the work, and who pays whom
- Ask Fireveyor to do the work and you contract with Fireveyor, at a published price, and you pay Fireveyor. Fireveyor finds, engages and pays the licensed business that does it.
- The report names them, up to three licensed businesses for each kind of work, with their license numbers, so you know who would be on your property before you ask for anything.
- The assessment is yours either way. You are free to use any licensed business you like, or none, and nothing in the report changes if you do.
Where there is no business to put on a piece of work yet, the report says so rather than leaving the line blank.
07How long it takes
A person writes back. The median from request to written assessment is printed here once there are enough to measure.
08What it is not
- Not an inspection. It is a desktop assessment, made from public records, maps and imagery, and nobody visits the property.
- Not an enforcement notice. Fireveyor is not a government agency or a fire agency, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CAL FIRE, any county or any fire district.
- Not a certificate. It approves nothing; only the agency that enforces a law can decide whether a property complies with it.
- Not a promise about a fire. No work is a guarantee that a house will survive one.
- Not a quote. Cost ranges are local figures for planning; a price comes after a visit, in writing.
- Not a prediction about insurance. Nothing here says what an insurer will decide.
- Not a warning system. Fireveyor does not watch for fires and will never call, text or email you about one.