Dr. Moritz is co-director of the new Center for Fire Research and Outreach in the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the primary goals of the Center is to become a focal point for science-based solutions to fire-related challenges. To this end, the Center is organized around several key themes and aims to facilitate extension of information, tools, and data for decision making.

One of the key projects of the Center is the development of the Fire Information Engine Toolkit, a group of tools that includes an online homeowner wildfire hazard assessment, forms that decision makers can download to complete a community-wide wildfire assessment, and sofware and publications for researchers. Our goal is to work with local, state, and Federal agencies to help reduce fire risk, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.