There are many uses for Class A foam and compressed-air foam systems (CAFS) in wildland/urban interface (WUI) operations. WUI incidents often stretch our resources, both wildland and structural, to ...

Right in our own backyard (pun intended), there’s a kind of evolution taking place. We’ve all heard or read the warning, “The wildland/urban interface (WUI) is growing”; it’s been reiterated many ...

The term wildland/urban interface (WUI) has been used for more than 20 years to identify an area where residential homes are built in a known wildland area (Gorte, 2008). The definition listed in the ...

"Our study showed that WUI fires also are distinct from either urban or wildland fires alone. We provide strong evidence that defensive measures designed specifically for the wildland urban interface ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In politics and public policy, narratives are a very big deal. Those who craft and control the dominant narrative exert a lot of influence over how we ...

Several years ago, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)’s Safety, Health & Survival section developed “Rules of Engagement” for structural firefighting. Most firefighters are familiar ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) concluded a proof-of-concept demonstration of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) integration model in Fairfax County, ...

The doors could soon close on new construction of wood-framed homes. At least that is what many regulators are pushing to make happen. After decades of wood-framed houses being pummeled by wildfires, ...

UC Davis Professor Emeritus Mark Schwartz takes a thoughtful look at where society should invest its wildfire solutions in “Rethinking Risk and Responsibility in the Western Wildfire Crisis,” an ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has had an open comment period since March 29 pertaining to new definitions of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) in Oregon Administrative Rules section 629.