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

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.




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

Selections for award recipients for the FY 2023-24 Research Grants solicitation (RP-RFP-2023-01) have been made.

Program Areas

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

Webmaster: webmaster@fire.ca.gov

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