Wildfire Response
Wildfire preparedness
You cannot change the wind or the drought. You can change the five feet around your walls, and that is the single biggest thing that decides whether an ember becomes a house fire. Here is the zone-by-zone guide, free, no sign-up needed to read it.
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Our scored assessment runs on state-specific wildfire data, and it is live in Texas first while we bring more states online. Drop your email and we’ll tell you the day it opens where you live. The guide below works for everyone, right now.
Current conditions · Franklin County
This is not an emergency alert service. Home Health Intel does not issue emergency alerts or emergency instructions, and nothing on this page should be treated as one. The readings below are quoted from public government sources, with the time each one was observed, so you can see the standing conditions where you live. Emergency information, evacuation orders and warnings come from your county emergency management office and the National Weather Service, not from us.
National Weather ServiceTexas Division of Emergency ManagementReady.gov
NWS fire weather
No fire-weather product posted
The National Weather Service has no Red Flag Warning, Fire Weather Watch or Extreme Fire Danger product in effect for this point. Checked Sep 11, 2026. This covers fire-weather conditions only, not other kinds of warning.
NOAA / National Weather ServiceDrought status
No drought
No part of Franklin County was in drought on this map. Map week Sep 8, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026. The Drought Monitor is published weekly, so this is the most recent map, not a real-time reading.
U.S. Drought MonitorRecent rainfall
0 days since measurable rain
Measured at COLUMBUS 5.4 NW, OH US, 6.8 mi away. Record runs through Sep 9, 2026; last day with at least 0.01 in was Sep 9, 2026. Measurable means 0.01 in or more.
NOAA NCEI GHCN-DailyThese are observations of recorded conditions. They are not a forecast, and they say nothing about what will happen to any particular home.
Defensible space, zone by zone
Fire scientists split the ground around a home into three bands. The closer the band, the more each hour of work pays off. Start at the walls and move out. Framework: the home ignition zone model from NFPA’s national Firewise USA program.
0 to 5 feet
The immediate zone
This is the ember zone, and it does the most to protect your home. Wind-blown embers, not the wall of flame, start most house fires in the wildland-urban interface.
5 to 30 feet
The intermediate zone
Break up the path a fire would take toward the house. The goal is separation, not a bare lot.
30 to 100 feet
The extended zone
Out here the job is to slow a fire down and drop its intensity before it reaches the closer zones.
Clear the first five feet around your house. Rake out the bark mulch, pull the dead plants, move the firewood and the doormat, and empty the gutters. Embers land in that band and find something to catch. Take it away and you have taken away the most common way a wildfire reaches a home.
Home Health Intel is a home-condition documentation tool. This page is general wildfire-preparedness education, not advice about any insurance policy or claim. For emergency information and evacuation orders, always follow your local fire authority and Ready.gov.
Wildfire Response
Wildfire preparedness
You cannot change the wind or the drought. You can change the five feet around your walls, and that is the single biggest thing that decides whether an ember becomes a house fire. Here is the zone-by-zone guide, free, no sign-up needed to read it.
Coming to your state
Our scored assessment runs on state-specific wildfire data, and it is live in Texas first while we bring more states online. Drop your email and we’ll tell you the day it opens where you live. The guide below works for everyone, right now.
Current conditions · Franklin County
This is not an emergency alert service. Home Health Intel does not issue emergency alerts or emergency instructions, and nothing on this page should be treated as one. The readings below are quoted from public government sources, with the time each one was observed, so you can see the standing conditions where you live. Emergency information, evacuation orders and warnings come from your county emergency management office and the National Weather Service, not from us.
National Weather ServiceTexas Division of Emergency ManagementReady.gov
NWS fire weather
No fire-weather product posted
The National Weather Service has no Red Flag Warning, Fire Weather Watch or Extreme Fire Danger product in effect for this point. Checked Sep 11, 2026. This covers fire-weather conditions only, not other kinds of warning.
NOAA / National Weather ServiceDrought status
No drought
No part of Franklin County was in drought on this map. Map week Sep 8, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026. The Drought Monitor is published weekly, so this is the most recent map, not a real-time reading.
U.S. Drought MonitorRecent rainfall
0 days since measurable rain
Measured at COLUMBUS 5.4 NW, OH US, 6.8 mi away. Record runs through Sep 9, 2026; last day with at least 0.01 in was Sep 9, 2026. Measurable means 0.01 in or more.
NOAA NCEI GHCN-DailyThese are observations of recorded conditions. They are not a forecast, and they say nothing about what will happen to any particular home.
Defensible space, zone by zone
Fire scientists split the ground around a home into three bands. The closer the band, the more each hour of work pays off. Start at the walls and move out. Framework: the home ignition zone model from NFPA’s national Firewise USA program.
0 to 5 feet
The immediate zone
This is the ember zone, and it does the most to protect your home. Wind-blown embers, not the wall of flame, start most house fires in the wildland-urban interface.
5 to 30 feet
The intermediate zone
Break up the path a fire would take toward the house. The goal is separation, not a bare lot.
30 to 100 feet
The extended zone
Out here the job is to slow a fire down and drop its intensity before it reaches the closer zones.
Clear the first five feet around your house. Rake out the bark mulch, pull the dead plants, move the firewood and the doormat, and empty the gutters. Embers land in that band and find something to catch. Take it away and you have taken away the most common way a wildfire reaches a home.
Home Health Intel is a home-condition documentation tool. This page is general wildfire-preparedness education, not advice about any insurance policy or claim. For emergency information and evacuation orders, always follow your local fire authority and Ready.gov.
