How Cindera Works
One number.One plan. One map.
Cindera is the system of record for wildfire readiness—a score and plan for every home, a live map for every community, and verified proof that the work got done.
Wildfire Resilience Score
643
Today
643
Today
721
Hardening
860
Goal
The resilience flywheel
One loop connects homeowners, partners, and communities
Click any step to see it in the product.
Step 5 feeds step 1. That's the flywheel.
Homeowners enroll
A homeowner creates a free account. Often sponsored by their city, fire department, or HOA. Their score and ranked action plan wait in the app.
Who's involved: Homeowners, referred by partners, outreach flyers, or word of mouth.
Getting started costs nothing and takes minutes. The score comes with a plan, not a lecture.
The engine
Three layers behind every score
Hazard science, property records, and verified action. Upper tiers require proof—not assumptions.
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.
Scoring engine v2.2.0. Score methodology
The homeowner experience
Your score, your plan, your proof
A free account and personalized plan for your home, a ranked action list specific to your property, and verified evidence when the work is done.
Get started
Create a free account from a situation page, or enter your address on Get My Score. We score the property and open your personalized plan in the app.
- Get Started on /homeowners in under a minute
- Or enter an address on /score to claim your home
- Hazard data from CAL FIRE and the US Forest Service
Work your plan
Every task is specific to your home. Each action shows time, difficulty, and score impact.
- Prioritized list with score impact per project
- Grants and rebates matched to each action
- A Resilience Concierge in Messages
Verify the work
Submit photo and video evidence. Our team reviews it. Verified action is the only path to the upper score range.
- Timestamped evidence reviewed by our team
- Score climbs as work is verified
- Concierge support at every step
Stay ready
Current vs. potential score shows what is left to do. Insurance docs and ongoing readiness keep the work paying off.
- Current vs. potential on every home screen
- Insurance intake and mitigation records
- Maintain readiness year after year
Get started
Create a free account from a situation page, or enter your address on Get My Score. We score the property and open your personalized plan in the app.
- Get Started on /homeowners in under a minute
- Or enter an address on /score to claim your home
- Hazard data from CAL FIRE and the US Forest Service
Work your plan
Every task is specific to your home. Each action shows time, difficulty, and score impact.
- Prioritized list with score impact per project
- Grants and rebates matched to each action
- A Resilience Concierge in Messages
Verify the work
Submit photo and video evidence. Our team reviews it. Verified action is the only path to the upper score range.
- Timestamped evidence reviewed by our team
- Score climbs as work is verified
- Concierge support at every step
Stay ready
Current vs. potential score shows what is left to do. Insurance docs and ongoing readiness keep the work paying off.
- Current vs. potential on every home screen
- Insurance intake and mitigation records
- Maintain readiness year after year
The partner experience
One map for your whole community
Cities, fire departments, HOAs, utilities, and fire safe councils sponsor resident access and get dashboards, parcel maps, and Ember AI to measure progress.
Sponsor resident access
Partners fund free access for residents in their area. Cindera runs scoring, plans, verification, and the concierge. Your job is funding and promotion.
- Turn-key program—Cindera does the rest
- Co-branded outreach and print-ready flyers
- Residents see who made it free
See the baseline
Your dashboard shows community score, tier mix, and enrollment. Lower tiers at the start are by design—progress is provable, not assumed.
- Community score and tier distribution
- Enrollment and verified activity trends
- Starting point for grant and CWPP reporting
Map every parcel
Every parcel on satellite imagery, colored by score tier. See where risk lives street by street and tap any parcel for details.
- Parcel-level Risk Map for your jurisdiction
- High-priority parcels at the wildland edge
- Activity feed links straight to the map
Sponsor resident access
Partners fund free access for residents in their area. Cindera runs scoring, plans, verification, and the concierge. Your job is funding and promotion.
- Turn-key program—Cindera does the rest
- Co-branded outreach and print-ready flyers
- Residents see who made it free
See the baseline
Your dashboard shows community score, tier mix, and enrollment. Lower tiers at the start are by design—progress is provable, not assumed.
- Community score and tier distribution
- Enrollment and verified activity trends
- Starting point for grant and CWPP reporting
Map every parcel
Every parcel on satellite imagery, colored by score tier. See where risk lives street by street and tap any parcel for details.
- Parcel-level Risk Map for your jurisdiction
- High-priority parcels at the wildland edge
- Activity feed links straight to the map
Ask Ember
AI-powered jurisdiction analytics
Ember is Cindera’s artificial intelligence layer for partners. City staff and fire departments ask questions in plain English and get rollup-level answers with charts. No GIS degree required.
- →“What’s the average score and tier mix in our jurisdiction?”
- →Every answer is scoped to your area. Never private homeowner data.
- →Unlocks when your organization partners with Cindera.
The score journey
Upper tiers are earned, not assumed
Homes with no verified action cap around 630 by design. When a community map looks red, that is the honest before picture. It is also the reason the product exists.
Today
643
Good Foundation
While hardening
721
Well Protected
The goal
860
Firewise Leader
The five tiers
See it in the product
Real screens from the Cindera platform
Not mockups. These are the actual interfaces homeowners and jurisdictions use every day.
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Score funnel registration
After analyzing the address, create an account to claim the home and open the app.
Why it matters: Account capture happens as soon as the address is scored; the plan waits in Snapshot.
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Ready to try it?
Get your score
Free score for your address. See where you stand in minutes.
Get My ScoreReady to partner?
Bring Cindera to your community
Cities, fire departments, HOAs, and utilities—see partnership options and pricing.
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