Prepare all firefighters for the climate-driven increase in wildfires in the wildland-urban interface by providing them with the proper training and equipment.
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State of Science
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Resources
State of Science
- The Science Analysis of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
- IAFF: Risk Perceptions, Management Regimes, and Wildfire Mitigation Behavior in Wildland-Urban Interface Zones: A Cross-Case Analysis (2014)
- NFPA Research Foundation: WUI-NITY 2: The Integration, Verification, and Validation of the Wildfire Evacuation Platform WUI-NITY
- NFPA: Wildland/Urban Interface: Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness and Readiness Capabilities – Final Report
- Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires
- NASA: Satellite Data Record Shows Climate Change’s Impact on Fires
In the News
- NPR: Extreme heat, flooding and wildfires: How climate change supercharged the weather
- Washington Post: Wildfires, floods, typhoons: 24 hours of photos show climate change threat
- Washington Post: Wildfires are burning higher in the West, threatening water supplies
- The Guardian: Air quality plummets as smoke from roaring wildfires chokes US west
- 12News: Differences between fighting urban fire and wildland fire
Resources
- USFA: Wildland Urban Interface: A Look at Issues and Resolutions
- National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
- USDA: USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant
- IAFC: IAFC Wildland Resources
- IAFF: IAFF Wildland Firefighting Safety and Response
- The U21 International Fire Safety Consortium
- USFA: Wildland Urban Interface: A Look at Issues and Resolutions A Report of Recommendations for Elected Officials, Policymakers and All Levels of Government, Tribal and Response Agencies June 2022
- National Interagency Fire Center
- NFPA: Fifth Needs Assessment of the US Fire Service
- Congressional Budget Office: Wildfires (June 2022)
- EPA: Climate Change Indicators: Wildfires
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