Wildland-urban fire - a different approach

Cohen Jack D.

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Wildland-urban fire - a different approach

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Cohen Jack D.

Year:

2001

Type:

Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings of the Firefighter Safety Summit, Nov. 6-8, 2001, Missoula, MT. Fairfax, VA: International Association of Wildland Fire. 2 p.

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Abstract

Research results indicate that the home and its immediate surroundings within 100-200 feet (30-60 meters) principally determines the home ignition potential during severe wildland-urban fires. Research has also established that fire is an intrinsic ecological process of nearly all North American ecosystems. Together, this understanding forms the basis for a compelling argument for a different approach to addressing the wildland-urban fire problem. It argues for residential compatibility with wildland fire rather than the necessary prevention of fire encroachment on the community.

Keywords

wildland-urban fires, wildland fire, prevention

Citation

Cohen Jack D. 2001. Wildland-urban fire - a different approach. In: Proceedings of the Firefighter Safety Summit, Nov. 6-8, 2001, Missoula, MT. Fairfax, VA: International Association of Wildland Fire. 2 p.