Making wildfire readiness something you can manage.
Cindera was founded on a simple observation: homes in wildfire country don’t fail because owners don’t care—they fail because readiness is invisible, fragmented, and easy to let lapse. We turn it into something you can see, act on, and keep up—and we make sure the work pays you back.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make every home in wildfire country measurably safer—and to make sure that safety is rewarded. We build the system of record for a home’s wildfire readiness: a living Cindera Score, a prioritized action plan, verified proof of the work, and the grants, local matching dollars, and insurance outcomes that follow.
"A world where every home—and every street—is continuously wildfire-ready."
Why Now?
Wildfire risk is reshaping life in California—insurance markets, home values, and whole communities. At the same time, state frameworks now reward verified mitigation, and cities and fire districts are funding home hardening. What’s been missing is the platform that connects homeowners to all of it.
Safer Together
Embers don’t respect property lines, so neither do we. Cindera measures readiness at the home, street, and neighborhood level—because every hardened home makes the homes around it safer too.
Our Edge
Founded by systems thinkers and tech veterans, Cindera combines deep operational expertise with a software-first approach to risk. We don’t just advise—we sequence the work, verify it with timestamped proof, and keep it maintained year after year.
How we measure risk
Every Cindera Score combines three layers—public hazard science, county property records, and verified homeowner action. Risk maps stop at hazard. We start there and add what you can actually change.
Location
CAL FIRE’s adopted Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps and US Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities point sampling at your parcel’s coordinates. In California, both layers combine for regulatory precision with local hazard science.
Structure
County assessor records—construction era, lot size, and property attributes—adjust the preliminary score for structural vulnerability. Older homes are never penalized for missing data. Verified work is what moves scores up.
Verified action
Timestamped proof of hardening work—Zone 0 clearing, ember-resistant vents, structural upgrades—is what separates a preliminary hazard band from a score that reflects real readiness and unlocks grants, matching dollars, and insurance outcomes.
Scoring engine v2.2.0 — every preliminary score records its data sources and can show its work.
Data foundations
Cindera incorporates publicly available hazard science and county property records—the same authoritative datasets California regulators and fire professionals already rely on. We are not affiliated with these agencies. We build on the data they publish so every score is grounded in real inputs.
CAL FIRE
Public dataAdopted Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps (SRA 2024 and LRA 2025)
USDA Forest Service
Public dataWildfire Risk to Communities hazard science (30 m point sampling nationwide)
County assessors
Public recordsBuilding age, parcel size, and property attributes via licensed parcel records
USGS
Public dataFire and EMS station locations for community and jurisdiction maps
IBHS & CAL FIRE standards
Standards alignmentHardening recommendations aligned with recognized wildfire mitigation frameworks
Hazard maps refresh on a regular cadence. Verified homeowner evidence is what moves scores into the upper tiers. See our California Disclosures for more on how we assess wildfire risk.
Built for the whole ecosystem
Cindera is designed for cities, fire departments, lenders, and insurers—aligning the people who fund readiness, the people who respond to fires, and the people who price risk around one shared, verified picture of every home.
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