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Perch Sensing · Wildfire Risk Tool
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Helping people understand wildfire risk and know what to do about it.
📍 Built for high-risk communities
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We shifted from sensor-based detection to serving communities in the wildland urban interface, where fire risk is rising fastest.

Now we’re building tools to help people understand their wildfire risk and take real, actionable steps to reduce it.

Learn more: perchsensing.com
A two-lane rural road leading into pine-covered hills. Text describes Perch’s 2022 shift toward Wildland Urban Interface communities with support from CalSEED and CleanTech Open. Colorful fire risk map of Northern California with an overlay of the Perch platform interface showing a wildfire score dashboard. Text describes Perch as a tool that turns complex data into actionable guidance for at-risk communities. Clouds rising above fire-prone hills. Text states Perch’s goal to help people prepare before the next fire, not just react after it, with a note: “This is for the people in fire country.” A hilly landscape with forest and trail. Text invites viewers to follow Perch and learn more at perchsensing.com, with the phrase “And we’re just getting started.”
July 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Most people in fire-prone areas want to prepare, but don’t know where to start.

That’s why we started Perch.

What began as a research project at Cal Poly is now evolving into a wildfire risk platform designed to close the gap between awareness and action.

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Title card with smoky orange sky and dark pine trees. Text reads: “Why we started Perch Sensing: From wildfire detection to community resilience.” Smoky sunset behind power lines and trees. Text explains Perch’s origin as a Cal Poly SLO research project using utility infrastructure to detect wildfires. Orange wildfire glow behind silhouetted trees. Text highlights growing wildfire threat, rising insurance rates, and homeowners’ uncertainty about how to protect their homes.
July 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM