Home Assessments
Wildfire Home Assessment Requests Temporarily Paused
Our Home Assessment Program recently completed an upgrade to a new system powered by Fire Aside.
As we continue training our volunteer home assessors on this platform and complete assessments that have already been requested, the home assessment request form is temporarily paused.
Our goal is to complete all assessment requests submitted in 2025 by September 1, 2026, depending on assessor availability in each region. Once we have made progress through the current queue, we plan to reopen requests.
Mahalo for your patience as we work to strengthen and expand this program.
What is a wildfire home assessment?
A home assessment is a review of the vulnerability of one's house and landscape to wildfire and ember-ignition.
Your home assessment report will provide you with a roadmap to a more wildfire-ready family, home, and property.
HWMO will use this information to determine what incentive programs might be developed to help homeowners complete more of these ignition-resisting improvements in the future.
Assessment requests are temporarily paused while we complete assessor training and work through previously submitted requests. We expect to reopen the request form once current assessments are completed.
Who conducts the wildfire home assessments?
Home assessors are local community volunteers. All home assessors have completed training and Hawaiʻi criminal background checks.
If you're interested in being trained to become a Wildfire Home Assessor, please add your information to our waitlist.
Free Wildfire Home Risk Assessments
Now Available to Communities with Trained Volunteers
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The Wildfire Home Risk Assessor Program is part of a Community Wildfire Ambassador program that is operated by Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization to build the capacity of community members to evaluate the wildfire risk of individual homes and properties within their communities.
Volunteer home assessors may be available to perform free home assessments for homeowners living in their communities. They will also serve as wildfire information ambassadors to their friends and neighbors, and (if applicable) to their community’s Firewise committee.
Please visit our Firewise Program page for a list of Firewise® communities in Hawaiʻi.
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Home assessments are FREE (until grant funds are exhausted) to Hawaiʻi homeowners living in an area where a trained home assessor is available.
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Home assessments are only offered to homeowners for single-standing residential homes or duplexes in areas with an available home assessor.
Locations where a home assessor may be available include:
Hawaiʻi Island - Anekona Estates, Holo Holo Kū @ Parker Ranch, Kailapa, Kamuela View Estates, Kanehoa Subdivision, Kawaihae Village, Kohala by the Sea, Kohala Estates, Kohala Ranch, Kohala Waterfront, Kona Paradise, Puakō, Puakea Bay Ranch, Puʻuanahulu, Puʻukapu Pastoral, Waialea, Waiʻulaʻula at Mauna Kea Resort, Waikōloa Village
Maui - Launiupoko, Kahikinui
Molokaʻi - Paniolo Hale
For all other inquiries for apartments, condos, resorts, businesses, larger buildings, or anything similar please contact admin@hawaiiwildfire.org.
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Home assessors are local community members. All home assessors have completed training and Hawaiʻi criminal checks.
If you're interested in being trained to become a Wildfire Home Assessor, please add your information to our waitlist (click here).
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This program is subject to funding availability. Currently, this program is made possible by various grants, including those from the Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
In accordance with federal law and the U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, these organizations are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call toll free voice (866) 632-9992, TDD (800) 877-8339, or voice relay (866) 377-8642. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
How can I make an appointment for my free home assessment?
If you need assistance with your online form, please email (homeassessment@hawaiiwildfire.org) or call (808) 885 0900; they will be happy to assist in completing your application.
Please Note: Due to the high demand for these assessments, it may take several weeks before a volunteer can get back to you to schedule your assessment. Thank you for your patience.