Extinguish Brushfire Risk with Proxix Solutions’ Brushfire/Fuel Rank Database

PALM HARBOR, FL (April 12, 2005) – Proxix Solutions, Inc., a provider of geo-spatial solutions, is pleased to announce the availability of Brushfire/Fuel Rank, a proprietary brushfire fuel model to aid insurers to accurately determine the brushfire risk for a given geographical area.

Proxix designed Brushfire/Fuel Rank to be the most comprehensive brushfire database on the market today. Developed from four key elements for determining brushfire risk (slope, aspect, historic vegetation change and fuel load), Brushfire/Fuel Rank uses satellite imagery and digital elevation models to offer insurers a comprehensive database built from the smallest geographic units, grid cells 30 meters by 30 meters in size. This size spatial resolution maximizes the degree of accuracy.

Based on expected fire behavior for unique combinations of topography and vegetative fuels under given severe weather conditions, the Brushfire/Fuel assigns a ranking categorized in four classes: low, moderate, high and very high risk. This ranking enables insurers to determine current exposure and risks in brushfire prone areas prior to underwriting.

“Insurance companies using Proxix Solutions’ Brushfire/Fuel Rank have found a very high rate of accuracy between our fire risk classifications and their fire loss experience,” stated Howard Botts, PhD, executive vice president of Proxix Solutions.

Summary of Brushfire/Fuel features and benefits:
• may be licensed and integrates with in-house geographic information systems (GIS)
• accessible via Proxix’s Insurance Web Service, CATUM™ Online for interactive or batch processing
• includes annual updates
• customizable and flexible product

For more information on Proxix Solution’s Brushfire/Fuel Rank, visit www.proxix.com.

About Proxix Solutions
Proxix Solutions was founded by a team of marketing and geo-spatial professionals formerly from Qualitative Marketing Software (QMSoft), and two geography PhDs with extensive consulting and research experience. Proxix specializes in developing geo-spatial technology and fully-integrated Web solutions accessible via a browser or XML/SOAP interface. Proxix has a team of industry experts with an emphasis on GIS applications for insurance, telecommunications, sales tax, site modeling and analysis, and marketing. In addition to technology and Web services, Proxix has developed a number of digitized databases, including hazard data for insurance underwriting and an enhanced tax jurisdiction database. Proxix's technology and databases provide a complete market intelligence solution. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.proxix.com.