LibGuides: Firefighting: Wildland Urban Interface: Home

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Introduction

"As more and more people live in and around forests, grasslands, shrub lands, and other natural areas—places referred to the wildland-urban interface, or WUI—the fire-related challenges of managing wildlands are on the increase" (USDA, Wildfire, Wildlands, and People: understanding and preparing for wildfire in the wildland-urban interface, 2013).

A cloud of black smoke and a line of fire loom over a town of homes with tan roofs.

This photo depicts the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego, CA. Sourced from the Municipality of Anchorage.

USDA 2013 Report: Wildfire, Wildlands, and People: "Understanding and Preparing for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface"

USDA: A Forests on the Edge Report
Fire has historically played a fundamental ecological role in many of America’s wildland areas. However, the rising number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of wildfire management have led to an urgent need for communities to become “fire-adapted.” We present maps of the conterminous United States that illustrate historical natural fire regimes, the wildland-urban interface, and the number and location of structures burned since 1999. We outline a sampler of actions, programs, and community
planning and development options to help decrease the risks of and damages from wildfire.