BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Wildland-Urban Interface Ordinance applies to areas with high fire hazard severity zones and one Fire Marshall says he’s most concerned with east Bakersfield. 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 ...
The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from ...
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 ...
Sacramento, California – On February 26, 2025, the State of California adopted the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code® (IWUIC®) as the basis for Title 24, Part 7, 2025 California ...
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The high-risk wildland-urban interface map released Dec. 18 is a requirement from new state law House Bill 48. The law, and ...
Utah land managers released a new map, outlining nearly 60,000 "high risk" wildland urban interface structures all over the ...
Firefighters help control the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, northwest of Los Angeles, California - Copyright AFP ETIENNE LAURENT Firefighters help control the ...
While the term “wildland-urban interface” may be unfamiliar, chances are you’re among more than 8 million Texans living in it — the rapidly expanding intersection of undeveloped native landscapes and ...
The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands unveiled the state’s new High-Risk Wildland Urban Interface map, a key ...
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, ...