Mar 1, 2000
Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface
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Journal of Forestry
- States that wildland-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies
- Research using modeling, experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the characteristics of the home and its immediate surroundings
- These findings have implications for hazard assessment and risk mapping, effective mitigations, and identification of appropriate responsibility for reducing the potential far home loss caused by W-UI