300+ Geospatial Intelligence Layers. One Connected View of Risk.

Hazard & Weather Intelligence Layers

Visualize natural hazards, severe weather, environmental conditions, and other geographic threats through a comprehensive collection of map-ready intelligence layers.

DisasterAWARE brings together authoritative observations, warnings, scientific datasets, and hazard information to help organizations understand changing conditions across geographic areas.

Available layers include:

Natural Hazard Intelligence

• •Flood warnings and hazard zones.
• •Wildfire activity and wildfire weather conditions.
• •Tropical cyclone information.
• •Earthquake hazard zones.
• •Tsunami-related geographic intelligence.
• •Drought and volcano information.
• •Severe weather and other supported hazards.

Weather & Environmental Conditions

These layers help software providers enrich maps and applications with geographic intelligence about developing hazards and environmental conditions.

• •Doppler radar.
• •Temperature and precipitation.
• •Wind speed and direction.
• •Snow depth and winter weather conditions.
• •Sea surface temperature.
• •Air quality and smoke.
• •Additional environmental observations.

Forecast & Predictive Geospatial Intelligence

Understand not only current conditions, but where future weather and environmental threats may develop.

DisasterAWARE provides forecast and predictive geospatial layers that support preparedness, operational monitoring, and forward-looking risk assessment.

Available intelligence includes:

These layers can complement authoritative warnings and observed hazard intelligence, helping organizations understand where emerging conditions may require attention.

• •Precipitation Forecasts: Visualize expected precipitation across supported forecast periods.
• •Wind Forecasts: Explore predicted wind conditions and geographic patterns.
• •Temperature Forecasts: Understand expected temperature changes.
• •Snow Forecasts: Evaluate forecast snowfall and snow-depth conditions.
• •Tropical Cyclone Forecast Tracks: Visualize available forecast storm trajectories.
• •Wildfire Weather Index: Identify regions where environmental conditions are increasingly favorable for wildfire development or spread.
• •Tsunami Travel-Time Intelligence: Visualize estimated tsunami propagation and first-wave arrival information for supported events and locations.

Featured Layer: Wildfire Weather Index

DisasterAWARE's Wildfire Weather Index combines temperature, humidity, wind, precipitation, and fuel moisture conditions into a geographically consistent indicator of wildfire weather potential.

Derived from Copernicus and ECMWF data, the index categorizes conditions from Very Low to Extreme, helping organizations identify regions where environmental conditions may support wildfire development and rapid growth.

Applications include utility risk monitoring, insurance analysis, forestry, critical infrastructure protection, and operational preparedness.

*The index characterizes fire-weather conditions; it does not predict the precise location or timing of an ignition.*

Vulnerability, Resilience & Country Risk Intelligence

Hazard exposure alone does not determine how severely a community or region may be affected.

DisasterAWARE incorporates geographic vulnerability, resilience, socioeconomic, and country risk indicators to help organizations understand the broader conditions that influence disaster consequences.

Available intelligence includes:

Vulnerability & Resilience

• •Vulnerability indices.
• •Resilience indicators.
• •Coping capacity.
• •Infrastructure access.
• •Socioeconomic conditions.
• •Standard-of-living indicators.

Country & Regional Risk

These layers help technology providers incorporate a broader understanding of geographic risk into their applications.

For example, two regions experiencing similar hazard conditions may face very different consequences because of differences in infrastructure, socioeconomic vulnerability, or capacity to respond.

• •Country risk indicators.
• •Governance metrics.
• •Development indicators.
• •Economic constraints.
• •Access to essential services.
• •Other country-level vulnerability and resilience measures.

Understand not only where hazards occur, but why some locations may be more vulnerable than others.

Population Exposure, Critical Infrastructure & Geographic Context

Understanding the geographic relationship between hazards, people, and infrastructure is essential to meaningful risk assessment.

DisasterAWARE provides geospatial layers that help organizations visualize population distribution, important facilities, transportation networks, and other critical assets.

Available intelligence includes:

Population & Demographics

• •Population density.
• •Population exposure.
• •Population pressure.
• •Demographic indicators.

Critical Infrastructure

• •Hospitals and healthcare facilities.
• •Airports and transportation networks.
• •Bridges and roads.
• •Power plants and utilities.
• •Emergency services.
• •Schools and other important facilities.

Geographic Reference

These layers can be combined with hazard observations, warnings, and forecasts to support exposure analysis.

For example, a mapping application could display a flood hazard area alongside population density, hospitals, transportation infrastructure, and available vulnerability indicators.

This allows users to understand the geographic context of a developing event rather than viewing the hazard in isolation.

• •Country boundaries.
• •Administrative boundaries.
• •Other geographic reference information.