The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is a zone of transition between wilderness (unoccupied land) and land developed by human activity – an area where a...

effect technical rescues, while departments that operate in the wildland-urban interface will need the gear to deal with brush fires. Some fire engines...

smoke and fire, as well as destruction of property (especially in wildland–urban interfaces), and economic losses. There is also the potential for contamination...

wilderness. Wildfire suppression also addresses the issues of the wildland–urban interface, where populated areas border with wild land areas. In the United...

(17,000 km2) burned yearly, in fires that lasted for months. A wildland–urban interface (or WUI) refers to the zone of transition between unoccupied land...

aspect of wildfire policy that is gaining more attention is the wildland-urban interface (WUI). More and more people are living in "red zones," or areas...

The Oakland firestorm of 1991 was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California...

development into the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. This area consists of developed areas either adjacent to, or intermingled with, wildland vegetation and...

fire-structure interaction, and structure vulnerabilities in wildland-urban interface fires in his career. Manzello holds B.S. with honors (1996) and...

hours. Residential development into wilderness areas, known as wildland–urban interface, requires increased state resources to safeguard these communities...

called ashes. Embers play a large role in forest fires, wildland fires or wildland urban interface fires. Because embers are typically burnt leaves and thus...

North America, fennel can be found from the coastal and inland wildland-urban interface east into hill and mountain areas, excluding desert habitats. On...

the state's residents live within a transition zone known as the wildland-urban interface which provides both increased challenges to fire suppression tactics...

space" is also used in the context of wildfires, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This defensible space reduces the risk that fire will spread...

afternoon of September 4, 2011, three separate fires ignited in the wildland–urban interface east of Bastrop, Texas, after strong winds caused by the nearby...

had been formed to support affected communities. More than 250 wildland urban interface personnel from across Alberta arrived on July 27 and hundreds of...

Municipal and rural fire departments which fight brush fires and wildland/urban interface fires Private contractors who contract with government agencies...

Coordinating Group definition, which was developed and approved by the Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee, is "A human community consisting of informed...

carried out. In addition to these factors, human development in the wildland–urban interface aided fire spread. Many homes were built in vulnerable locations...

Atmosphere-Wildland Fire Large Eddy Simulation developed in 2009, Los Alamos National Laboratory's FIRETEC developed in, the WUI (wildland–urban interface) Fire...

required to manage waste from its source to its final disposal Wildland–urban interface – Transition zone between wilderness and developed land Affluenza –...

Conservation Code (IECC) ICC Performance Code (ICCPC) International Wildland Urban Interface Code (IWUIC) International Existing Building Code (IEBC) International...

California Guidebook: Sustainable and Fire-Safe Landscapes In The Wildland Urban Interface. University of California Cooperative Extension, September 2009...

assistance to communities for fire protection, especially in the wildland-urban interface.  This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper...

"Executive Order -- Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Mitigation". whitehouse.gov. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2019-02-09. "Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk...

Guerrilla Survival skills Survivalism Wide area synchronous grid Wildland-urban interface Zero energy building Wiring diagram for a hybrid wind/PV system...

Used in Vented Construction US Fire Administration Page on its Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) toolkit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fire dampers...

control and emergency services. Florida had its first serious "wildland urban interface" fire in 1985 with the Palm Coast Fire, which burned 131 homes...

impacts can be compounded by fire suppression, development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), and non-climate informed timber harvest and reforestation...

confined space victims, wildland/urban interface initial fire suppression, underwater rescue/recovery, high angle rope rescue, wildland search & rescue (SAR)...