Fire Scout

Urban Interface

Designing Zoning & Building Standards for Local Officials - Comprehensive info from the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact.
Living With Nature Are We Willing to Pay the Price? - R. Neil Sampson, 1996 Wildland Urban Interface Conference.
Federal Wildland Fire Policy, Urban Interface Protection - Current US government position.
Fire Management RWU Home Page - USFS Riverside Fire Lab interface page.
Firewise - Great interagency site devoted to urban interface/intermix issues.
National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Initiative - FEMA national fire program.
Performace of Wood in Fire - USFS Forest Products Lab document list (some PDF files).
Research Design Wildland Urban Interface Policy: Fire Suppression and Public Protection - paper by Sarah Robertson.
Reducing Risk through Mitigation - General FEMA overview.
Structure Triage During Wildland/Urban Interface/Intermix Fires - Good "save" guidelines (abstract and .PDF file).
USFS Role in the Wildland Urban Interface - Has it Changed? - Speech on Forest Service policy.
WHIMS - Boulder County, CO Wildfire Hazard Identification & Mitigation System.
Wildfire: Are You Prepared? - FEMA pamphlet (Acrobat format).
Wildfire: Are You and Your Home Prepared? - Good homeowner  info from the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact.
Wildland-Urban Interface Update - Western Governors' Association - 1996 state and project reports.

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