Technosylva
6.2/10Wildfire and extreme weather risk modeling software that electric utilities, fire agencies and insurers use for planning, de-energization decisions and incident response.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Technosylva builds wildfire science software. It started in 1997 making GIS tools that let fire agencies predict how active fires would spread, and electric utilities are now its largest customer group. Utilities get several modules. FireSight runs asset-level risk modeling: it estimates which assets are most likely to start a fire and what the fire could destroy, which helps with hardening priorities and Wildfire Mitigation Plans. FireRisk turns forecast weather into operational risk for Public Safety Power Shutoff decisions. A territory-wide condition monitoring product is aimed at smaller teams, and other modules cover extreme weather grid impacts and flood planning. For incident response there are Tactical Analyst, a shared operating picture of active fires, and fiResponse, a multi-hazard incident management and dispatch system. The company says it runs more than a billion risk simulations a day, gives hourly asset-level forecasts up to five days ahead, and works with over 25 utilities, including PG&E, SDG&E, Southern California Edison and Xcel Energy, as well as CAL FIRE. It is an Esri partner and its tools are GIS-enabled. It has announced integrations with AiDASH for vegetation risk and Pano AI for camera-based ignition detection, and it bought KatRisk to add flood and storm catastrophe models. All products are sold as quoted subscriptions with no public prices. EPRI's wildfire technology database says cost is a barrier for smaller utilities and co-ops. Independent user reviews are almost nonexistent, so buyers have to rely on references from peer utilities.
Our Rating
Who Technosylva is best for
Best software for UtilitiesGood fit
Electric utilities are its largest segment, with dedicated products for asset risk, PSPS and wildfire mitigation planning.
Built for electric grid operators managing wildfire and extreme weather risk to transmission and distribution assets.
Fire agencies such as CAL FIRE and the US Forest Service use its fire spread modeling and incident management tools.
Its customers are mostly large investor-owned utilities and state agencies that can pay for enterprise subscriptions.
Less suited
- Financial Services6/10
It serves insurance and credit customers, and the KatRisk acquisition added catastrophe models used by insurers.
EPRI notes that cost is a barrier for smaller utilities and co-ops.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Uses about 27 years of fire data and modeling, which the CEO presents as an edge over newer venture-backed wildfire startups.
- FireSight scores individual assets by both ignition likelihood and consequence, such as acres burned and buildings destroyed, which supports WMP filings and hardening decisions.
- Gives hourly asset-level fire-risk forecasts up to five days ahead to support PSPS and crew pre-positioning decisions.
- Major utilities (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, Xcel) and CAL FIRE use it, and CAL FIRE analysts used it during the Park Fire.
- Partnerships with AiDASH (vegetation) and Pano AI (camera detection) connect its risk models with field and sensor intelligence.
Cons
- No public pricing, and EPRI flags cost as a barrier for smaller utilities and co-ops.
- There are almost no independent user reviews on G2, Capterra or community forums, so its claims are hard to verify.
- It is a risk modeling platform, not an asset maintenance system: no work orders, inspection forms or asset registry were documented.
- No public API documentation or security attestation such as SOC 2 could be found.
- The Pano AI integration was still being validated with select customers in early 2026 before wider release.
Key Features
Technosylva Pricing
Enterprise subscription (contact sales)
- No public pricing
- Tactical Analyst and fiResponse for incident response
- Quoted SaaS subscription for FireSight, FireRisk, condition monitoring, extreme weather and flood modules
Frequently Asked Questions
Technosylva does not publish prices. Its products are sold mainly as quoted SaaS subscriptions, and the site directs buyers to contact sales.
FireSight for asset-level wildfire risk and mitigation planning, FireRisk for operational risk and PSPS decisions, a wildfire condition monitoring product for teams of any size, an extreme weather platform for grid impacts, and flood planning tools.
Yes. Technosylva is an Esri Partner Network member and describes its software as GIS-enabled. CAL FIRE uses its Wildfire Analyst and Tactical Analyst products alongside ArcGIS-based systems.
It has announced a partnership with AiDASH that combines its fire modeling with satellite vegetation risk data (August 2025), and one with Pano AI that brings camera-based smoke confirmation into its risk tools (February 2026). fiResponse links with IRWIN for interagency incident data.
Yes. Its utility suite includes extreme weather impact forecasting and flood planning, and the KatRisk acquisition added catastrophe models for flood, hurricane and severe convective storms.
Technosylva was founded in 1997 and has offices in La Jolla, California, León, Spain, and Calgary, Canada. TA is its only outside investor, and it reported more than 70 employees when TA invested in 2022.
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