Fire and Resource Assessment Program

: What is FRAP?

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyzes their conditions and identifies alternative management and policy guidelines.

GIS Mapping and Data Analytics

In the State of California, the health and risk factors associated with forest and rangelands are a matter of utmost importance. The Fire and Resource Assessment Program is committed to providing the highest quality spatial data, maps, and online data viewers to provide critical information that can help safeguard these vital resources.

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Assessment Reports

Conducted every seven years, the Forest and Rangeland Assessment links together state requirements for natural resource inventories and strategies, and the federal government's desire to rely more heavily on these state programs in determining priorities for funding.

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Forest Health Research Program Grants

FRAP supports scientific studies that provide critical information and tools to forest landowners, resource agencies, fire management organizations and policy makers across California on a variety of topics related to forest health and management.

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Latest News

New Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps Adopted in SRA

FRAP and the Office of the State Fire Marshal updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ). The final regulation and map for the State Responsibility Area (SRA) were adopted on January 31, 2024, effective April 1, 2024.




Webinars and Events

View a schedule of upcoming webinars and events, as well as videos of past webinars.

FY 2024-2025 Grant Solicitation

The Forest Health Research Program is offering $4 million in research funding through FY 2024-2025.  Over 100 Brief Concept Proposals were received in November of 2024 and 33 were invited back to submit full proposals for evaluation by March 13, 2025.

Program Areas

Forest Health Research Grants

The CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program supports scientific studies that provide critical information and tools to forest landowners, resource agencies, fire management organizations and policy makers across California on a variety of topics related to forest health and management.

Fire Perimeters

The Fire and Resource Assessment Program compiles and provides Natural Hazard Disclosure maps and data for two types of fire hazard areas referred to in legislation as disclosure items in real estate transactions.

Forest Inventory and Analysis

FRAP participates in the national FIA program. The inventory samples all forested lands in the US, regardless of ownership and management objectives.  Data collected by the FIA program captures and quantifies tree growth, removal, and mortality. 

Forest Fuels and Species Conservation

FRAP is dedicated to coordinating forest fuels reduction and species conservation issues.

Treatment Monitoring

CAL FIRE proposes to significantly increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and prescribed fire by 2030. The increase in prescribed fire foreseen for California ecosystems over the coming decades represents a fundamental shift in vegetation management strategy and policy.  

Forest Carbon Monitoring

FRAP develops an annual Forest Ecosystem and Harvested Wood Product Carbon inventory. This inventory assists the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection in assessing whether the state’s forest carbon sequestration target is being met.

Connect with FRAP

Phone: (916) 327-3939

Mailing address: PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244

Physical address: 715 P Street Sacramento, CA 95814
(the US Post Office does not deliver mail here)

Chris Keithley

Assistant Deputy Director, FRAP