CARA - Comprehensive Automated Risk Assessment

Comprehensive Automated Risk Assessment

A risk assessment tool for Wisconsin's public health and emergency management agencies. CARA continuously gathers authoritative federal and state data and turns it into jurisdiction-level scores. This helps local and Tribal practitioners identify, prioritize, and mitigate the most significant risks affecting their communities.

Select Region or Jurisdiction

Select Public Health Jurisdiction

Select from 84 local public health agencies

Select HERC Region

Select from 7 Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition regions for hospital preparedness planning

ArcGIS Data Export

Export CARA risk assessment data for all Wisconsin jurisdictions in ArcGIS-compatible formats.

CSV Export

Tabular data for spreadsheet analysis and GIS joining

PH vs EM Comparison

Side-by-side Public Health and Emergency Management risk scores for interagency planning

Export Excel

First download may take 2-3 minutes while scores are computed

Export comprehensive risk scores for all 95 Wisconsin jurisdictions for use in ArcGIS mapping and analysis

Exported Data Fields:

total_risk_score - Overall composite risk
natural_hazards_risk - Combined natural hazards
health_risk - Public health vulnerability
active_shooter_risk - Community violence risk
extreme_heat_risk - Heat-related health risk
air_quality_risk - Air pollution risk
lat, lon - Geographic coordinates
county, fips_code - Geographic identifiers

ArcGIS Usage:

Open ArcGIS Pro → Add Data → Add XY Data
Select CSV, set X=lon, Y=lat
Coordinate System = WGS84
Use risk fields for symbology

Wisconsin Public Health Regions

Wisconsin is divided into five public health regions: Northern, Northeastern, Western, Southern, and Southeastern.

Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Tribal Health Jurisdictions

Wisconsin is home to 11 federally recognized tribal nations with public health jurisdictions.

Source: Wisconsin First Nations

Status notice: Individual tribal nation risk assessment reports are not currently accessible in this release. Tribal jurisdiction assessments are pending data sovereignty protocol review in consultation with Wisconsin's 11 federally recognized tribal nations. The methodology for tribal assessments is documented on the Methodology page.