Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface

Jack D. Cohen

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Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jack D. Cohen

Year:

2000

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Journal of Forestry 98(3): 15-21.

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Abstract

Wildland-urban interface (W-UI) fires are a significant concern for federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies. Research using modeling, experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the characteristics of the home and its immediate surroundings. These findings have implications for hazard assessment and risk mapping, effective mitigations, and identification of appropriate responsibility for reducing the potential far home loss caused by W-UI.

Keywords

wildland fire, home ignitability, wildland-urban interface, hazard assessment, risk mapping

Citation

Cohen, Jack D. 2000. Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface. Journal of Forestry 98(3): 15-21.