Wildfire risk in focus: Moody's RMS™ US Wildfire HD Model advances and lessons from the LA fires
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Dr. Firas Saleh oversees the Moody’s RMS™ U.S. Inland Flood HD Model and works closely with clients and across functional teams to define and execute the vision, strategy, and road map for flood products. He has coauthored more than 30 publications on flood and climate risk in peer-reviewed articles, in conference proceedings, and as book chapters. Firas holds a Ph.D. in Geosciences and Natural Resources from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Sorbonne University), France. He has strong professional track record in the U.S. Federal Government, industry, and academia. During his academic tenure at different institutes around the world, including the Paris School of Mines (Mines Paris-Tech), New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Stevens Institute of Technology, his research was focused on implementing quantitative forward-looking analytics to assess climate and weather-related physical risk and impacts on critical infrastructure resilience. He also served as a Senior Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and Amman, the U.S. Commercial Service, and the U.S. Department of State. He is the recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for his distinguished federal service in fostering collaboration between government and Industry in relation to water and construction.
Dr. Uriz leads earthquake and wildfire vulnerability modeling and is involved in the design and development of many models, including earthquake models for North America, Japan, New Zealand, China, and Central and South America plus the U.S. and Canada wildfire models. He has conducted countless post-event reconnaissance trips to enhance understandings of hazard, vulnerability, and post-event loss amplification for catastrophic perils. Prior to joining Moody’s RMS™, Patxi spent over 10 years pursuing multi-disciplinary forensic analysis & consulting. His experience includes wind and seismic risk evaluations, such as risk assessment of nuclear power plants, solar farms, and wind turbine blade failures, etc. Patxi obtained his Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied earthquake resistant design of steel structures and has taught graduate courses for design and structural analysis at Stanford University. Patxi is a licensed professional engineer in the State of California.