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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