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 ...
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.
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 ...
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, ...
Saratoga City Council approved a new map that extends the boundary of the Wildland Urban Interface, or WUI, to encapsulate Cal Fire’s changes to the city’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map. Cal Fire ...
Some 50,000 more people were under evacuation orders Wednesday as another wind-blown wildfire hit California north of Los Angeles. The fires have again renewed focus on dangers in what it known as the ...
Members of Nevada’s fire-service elite – fire marshals, firefighters and community organizers – met with citizens of Nevada’s high- and extreme-fire-hazard communities Thursday, September 18 and ...
COLUMBIA, MD - UL Research Institutes and its Fire Safety Research Institute announced a new firefighter training course to address the threats found in the wildland urban interface, also known as WUI ...
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 ...
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