We can't stop the wildfires.
We can help people adapt.

• Reduce wildfire risk through informed landscaping
• Help homeowners make better planting choices
• Behavior change — one step at a time

THE FOUNDATION

Choosing Plants for Fire-Prone Yards

• 1,300+ plants — flammability, water needs, wildlife support, site fit
• Data from multiple research sources — cross-referenced
• Built by Charisse Sydoriak, wildfire risk reduction specialist
• Available today as a public API for teams to build on

WHAT WE'VE BUILT

The App Today

• Filter and explore 1,361 plants by fire characteristics, water needs, wildlife value
• Risk reduction scores and planting zone recommendations
• Open API — no auth needed for read access

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WHO ARE WE BUILDING FOR?

Key Stakeholders

Your app might serve one, or connect several.

Hear from Selected Stakeholders

5 minutes each — challenges, needs, and what would make a difference.

Demos & Judging — Sunday 4pm

Submission Requirements

• Attribute the data owner — Charisse Sydoriak
• Open source — push to GitHub repo to submit by 4pm

Judged on

Impact, concept, technical execution, completeness, value

Schedule

• Saturday 9–11am — Kickoff, stakeholders, API walkthrough, form teams
• Saturday / Sunday — Build, in person or remote
• Sunday 4pm — Demos
• Sunday 5:30pm — Judging and prizes

BEFORE YOU BUILD

Ask Yourself

• Does a resident feel empowered to make informed decisions?
• Does a nursery feel confident handing this to a customer?
• Is it easy for a landscaper to submit plans to the city?
• Can Charisse trust the data and update it easily?

Just examples — find the questions that matter for your project.

Let's build.

Form teams. Grab the API docs. Start building.