Data, Analytics & Consulting for Fire & EMS

Efficiency and funding save lives. Data drives both.

Arborlook Insights helps U.S. fire and EMS agencies turn NERIS, Census, and FEMA data into better deployment decisions and stronger funding cases: free community risk profiles for every department, response analytics, and continuously updated Standards of Cover.

24,575 free department profiles built from FEMA NRI, Census ACS, and NERIS public data. Available now, no login required.

CFAI 11th Edition becomes mandatory in Spring 2027. Get accreditation-ready with a continuously updated Standards of Cover. See the SOC & Accreditation package →

Free data, software, and services

Start with your department's free risk profile. Connect your NERIS data when you want to measure response performance against that risk. Bring us in when you need a Standards of Cover, accreditation evidence, or a custom analysis.

Discovery Data Hub
Free public-data resources for every department, in partnership with Vision 20/20
Free, Always
  • 18 natural hazard risk scores from FEMA NRI, mapped to your jurisdiction
  • Demographic & vulnerability mapping: age, poverty, disability, housing risk by tract
  • Peer benchmarking & grant-ready CSV export for AFG, SAFER, and SOC documentation
Risk & Response
The subscription platform: response analytics and Standards of Cover, built on your NERIS data
From $1,000/yr
  • Standards of Cover & Accreditation: a continuously updated SOC data package with CFAI-format performance charts, UHU, and concurrent call analysis; ready for the 11th Edition
  • Response Analytics: response time and NFPA goal tracking, risk-to-response gap analysis, CRR Activity Tracker, weekly digest
  • Supported engagements: analyst hours, methodology defense, and full SOC studies with our partner Manitou, Inc.

Everything is priced per station: Standards of Cover & Accreditation from $500 per station per year, Response Analytics at $300. 3-year prepay: 20% off. Departments with 15 or more stations are quoted individually.

For Chiefs & Administrators

Show your council why you need the next position, station, or engine

Grant applications aren't the only time data matters. When you're in front of your board or city council asking for a budget increase, you need numbers, not anecdotes. Risk & Response gives you the documented evidence.

  • Which census tracts have both high risk and slow response: your coverage gap argument
  • NFPA 1750 compliance rates by geography, not just department-wide averages
  • Population growth, aging demographics, and infrastructure that forecast rising demand
  • Peer department comparisons that put your resource levels in context
AFG / SAFER Applications
Turn "demonstrated need" from a checkbox into a data story

AFG reviewers score applications on demonstrated community risk. Your tract-level hazard data and vulnerability scores make that case directly.

Budget Hearings & Council Presentations
Export your risk profile for the agenda packet

Board-ready maps and benchmark comparisons showing where your department stands and what the data says you need. No data analyst required.

Standards of Cover & Accreditation
A living SOC data package, not a study that goes stale

CFAI 11th Edition becomes mandatory in Spring 2027. Our SOC package delivers the performance charts, risk assessment, and deployment analysis as a continuously updated document.

Find Your Department's Risk Profile →

Free for every U.S. fire department. No login required.

Analytics & Advisory Services

When your questions go deeper than any off-the-shelf tool, we can help. We work directly with fire agencies, regional compacts, and state fire marshal offices.

Standards of Cover Studies

Complete SOC studies delivered with our partner Manitou, Inc., plus bespoke coverage gap mapping and station location modeling for your jurisdiction.

Grant Support

Data-backed narratives for AFG, BRIC, EMPG, and state-level grants. "Demonstrated need" that grant reviewers can verify.

Regional & Multi-Agency

Rollup views, cross-jurisdiction comparisons, and equity analysis for county fire authorities, regional compacts, and state offices.

Data Literacy Workshops

Focused workshops on interpreting NRI scores, Census vulnerability data, and response time analytics for chiefs and CRR coordinators.

Free NERIS Data Quality Assessment

Enroll and authorize Arborlook in NERIS and we will assess your incident data at no charge: timestamp completeness, missing fields, and unit-level detail. No purchase required.

Annual Strategic Review

Deep-dive annual data review: response trends, risk profile changes, peer benchmark shifts, and recommendations for the coming year.

Analyst services are $175 per hour, quoted up front, with prepaid blocks available. See services and rates, or get in touch and we'll scope it together.

Built for the fire service,
not adapted from it

We build from the ground up for fire and EMS agencies, with data sources, metrics, and benchmarks specific to this sector.

24,575

Department Profiles

Your department is already covered. Every NERIS Public department gets a free risk profile, no login required.

18

Hazard Types Tracked

Scored and ranked for your specific jurisdiction. From avalanche to wildfire, every FEMA NRI hazard mapped to your service area.

85K+

Census Tracts Analyzed

Neighborhood-level detail, not just department-wide averages. Every tract linked to the department that serves it.

Let's talk about your department's data

Whether you're exploring the platform, planning a Standards of Cover, or need help with a grant application, we'd like to hear from you.

  • Get a walkthrough of your department's free risk profile
  • Ask about Response Analytics or the Standards of Cover data package
  • Discuss a custom analysis or grant support engagement
  • Talk through NERIS integration and what it unlocks
  • Request a regional or multi-agency rollup

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