Home Ignition Zone 

Student Research

Photo: City of Saratoga, 2022

Welcome to the San José State University Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) student research project page!

Purpose

Why? The west is in the midst of a wildfire crisis. Catastrophic damages, like structure loss, cause harm to families and communities. We need to become fire-adapted.

How? Our results will inform programs to help make communities fire-adapted. 

What? We explore social and biophysical relationships to inform compliance and barriers to HIZ mitigation in California’s Sierra Nevada and Santa Cruz Mountains.  

Environmental Team: (Left to Right): Harry, Rachel, Natasha, David, Kate, Liam, and Elyes
SJSU Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center
NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC)