Independent Wildfire Advisory

Clarity for organizations navigating the wildfire landscape.

We help utilities, agencies, communities and technology providers cut through noise, evaluate options, and move forward with confidence vendor-neutral, every time.

About

The Wildfire Group helps utilities, communities, government agencies, critical infrastructure operators and technology providers navigate a rapidly evolving landscape combining industry expertise, technology insight, and an extensive professional network.

Whether you're developing a mitigation strategy, evaluating technology, pursuing funding, or building a partner ecosystem we provide practical, vendor-neutral support tailored to your objectives.

Four practices, one point of view — helping you understand risk, evaluate options, and act.

Our Services

01 - STRATEGY & ADVISORY

Wildfire strategy & advisory

We help organizations understand risk, evaluate options, and develop actionable plans.

Utility wildfire readiness assessments

Wildfire mitigation strategy development

Technology architecture reviews

Vendor evaluation and selection

Fractional advisory services

02 - Market Intelligence

Technology & market intelligence

The wildfire technology market is crowded and rapidly changing.

Detection technologies & Emerging wildfire innovations

Cameras and sensor networks

Satellite-based solutions

Weather & forecasting systems

Fire modeling platforms

03 - Funding

Grant & Funding Support

Funding opportunities continue to expand across federal, state, provincial and private programs.

Opportunity identification

Project-to-program alignment

Competitive funding strategy

04 - Channel & GTM

Channel & Market Development

Through our wildfire.partners practice, we help wildfire and climate technology companies develop scalable partner ecosystems.

Channel strategy

Reseller program development

Partner recruitment

Go-to-market & Marketing Entry

Partners Across the Wildfire Ecosystem

Who We Work With

Utilities

IOUs, public power, municipal and cooperative utilities

Communities

Counties, cities, tribes and regionall organizations

Fire Agencies

Prevention, preparedness, planning and response stakeholders

Land Managers

Forestry, conservation and natural resource organizations

Consultants

Engineering, risk, environmental and planning firms

Technology Providers

Companies seeking market insight, validation and deployment support

Risk Managers

Insurance, legal and enterprise risk professionals

Grant Seekers

Organizations pursuing federal state and private funding opportunities

WHY WORK WITH US

The wildfire industry is filled with competing technologies, conflicting information, and rapidly changing requirements. Our role is to help clients cut through the noise.

Real-world experience

Grounded in operational realities, not theory.

Industry relationships

An extensive, trusted professional network.

Technical understanding

Fluent across detection, weather, and fire modeling.

Strategic thinking

Plans built for your objectives, not a vendor's.

More Than Consulting

A growing ecosystem of resources designed to keep organizations informed and connected.

Leadership

Neal Spungen

Founder, The Wildfire Group

Neal is a recognized leader in wildfire technology, resilience and industry engagement building one of the sector's most connected professional networks through advisory work, media, education and partnerships.

18K+

LinkedIn followers

10K+

Industry contacts

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Host, Neal on Fire podcast

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Industry platforms founded