Wildfire Preparation Guide

Wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent and severe as prolonged drought, high temperatures and dense vegetation combine with seasonal winds. These conditions can threaten people, property and essential operations. Being prepared can significantly reduce losses, limit downtime and enhance resilience.

This guide helps organisations understand their wildfire exposure and implement proactive measures that help safeguard assets and business continuity.

Whether in forested, grassland or industrial areas, wildfires can spread rapidly and cause widespread damage through embers, radiant heat and direct flame contact. Preparing in advance enables faster recovery and helps ensure the safety of people, property and operations.

Our Wildfire Preparation Guide outlines practical steps to assess risks, plan preventive actions and recover quickly when an event occurs. It’s designed to support your resilience planning and strengthen your overall risk management strategy.

• How to assess and understand your site-specific wildfire exposure
• Effective wildfire preparedness and emergency response measures
• Key recovery actions to minimise downtime after a wildfire

Related tools and solutions

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Risk Engineering Services (RES) team – the experts behind this Wildfire Preparation Guide – support clients with on-site assessments, tailored mitigation advice and end-to-end risk engineering solutions to strengthen operational resilience and to create value beyond risk transfer.

Wildfire and other natural hazard exposure profiles for any location worldwide are available through Swiss Re’s CatNet® tool.