Kamas to adopt wildland urban interface ordinance to mitigate wildfire danger, comply with state law
The Kamas City Council is poised to create a wildland urban interface code to comply with a new state law intended to help fortify homes against wildfires.
The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires in remote areas, new research finds. The study, published this week ...
Smoke from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires is significantly more harmful to human health than smoke from wildfires in remote areas. A new study finds that emissions from WUI fires are three times ...
Andrew Bozzo explains why the box approach to incident command at wildland urban interface fires ensures that saving lives and protecting property are the top priorities. The drawing and the command ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chemical Insights Research Institute (CIRI) of UL Research Institutes has joined with UL Standards and Engagement to release new guidance for communities at risk for fires in ...
When a wildfire burns into urban areas at the wildland-urban interface, the chemical composition of the fire’s plume changes. To understand the changes, scientists are simulating these interface fires ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, wildfires are growing larger and more severe as they burn in the wildland urban interface. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection more ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
Since January 7, wildfires have been devastating the Los Angeles area. In the span of 10 days, several different fires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, have burned more than 40,000 acres and ...
UL Research Institutes and its Fire Safety Research Institute today announced a new firefighter training course to address the threats found in the wildland urban interface, also known as WUI, or the ...
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