Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rochester Institute of Technology at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 361 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rochester Institute of Technology at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Rochester Institute of Technology's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rochester Institute of Technology (87.3% of 361 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 9.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Rochester Institute of Technology ranks
There's little gap between Rochester Institute of Technology's 9th national percentile and its 19th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rochester Institute of Technology ranks 28,815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,043 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,043 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Rochester Institute of Technology and the insurance market
At the 9th national percentile, Rochester Institute of Technology rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 87.3% of Rochester Institute of Technology's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Rochester Institute of Technology's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 361 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rochester Institute of Technology. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rochester Institute of Technology's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.