## Structure-Level Hazard Risk, Backed by Open Methods

SPHERE is Niyam's open, auditable framework for high-fidelity natural hazard risk analysis at the structure level. Tsunami, flood, hurricane, and beyond, quantified with transparent methods that hold up in peer review, grant applications, and budget meetings.

## Client Result
### Recognized by Federal Partners and the Resilience Community

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SPHERE has been demonstrated to FEMA leadership and presented across the emergency management, geospatial, and academic communities as a viable, open, auditable alternative for high-fidelity hazard risk analysis.

- **FEMA**: Tsunami module demonstrated directly to FEMA leadership.
- **AGU**: Talk accepted at the American Geophysical Union, confirming the underlying scientific rigor.
- **National Reach**: Featured at NSGIC, FLHUG (Florida HAZUS User Group), and Climate Week NYC.

## What SPHERE Provides

SPHERE empowers decision-makers with actionable intelligence for mitigation, planning, and response. By leveraging open data and transparent methodologies, it delivers structure-level hazard risk analysis that any team can review, audit, and extend. No black boxes, no proprietary lock-in.

## Multi-Hazard Coverage
### One Framework, Many Threats

SPHERE is built to expand. Each hazard module shares the same transparent methodology and structure-level resolution.

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- **Tsunami** (icon: FaWater): Demonstrated to FEMA leadership, extending multi-hazard reach beyond legacy tooling.
- **Flood** (icon: FaCloudShowersHeavy): Integrates FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer and the National Structure Inventory for fast, structure-level loss estimates with full data provenance.
- **Hurricane** (icon: FaWind): Pairs high-resolution weather data with proven Hazus loss methodology for precise, point-level wind risk.

## Why It Works

SPHERE replaces census-tract approximations with building-by-building insight. Its open, auditable foundation supports peer review and extensibility, so agencies can integrate new datasets, add new hazard types, or contribute back without fighting a vendor. And because every result is traceable from input through output, SPHERE analyses hold up to stakeholder scrutiny in mitigation plans, grant applications, and capital decisions.

## Outcomes

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- **Defensible Results** (icon: FaShieldAlt): Transparent methods that stand up to scrutiny, ideal for grant applications and capital planning.
- **Targeted Investment** (icon: FaTachometerAlt): See where mitigation dollars buy the most risk reduction.
- **Repeatable Analysis** (icon: FaSyncAlt): Standardized assessment teams can rerun as data, hazards, and policy evolve.

## Engage SPHERE

SPHERE deploys as a Niyam accelerator on top of an existing mission contract or anchors a new proposal. We support agency procurement through our established [contract vehicles](/contract-vehicles).