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Topic(s):
Wildland Urban Interface
NRFSN number: 18770
FRAMES RCS number: 56692
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Large outdoor fires present a risk to the built environment. Examples often in the international media reports are wildfires that spread into communities, referred to as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. WUI fires have destroyed communities throughout the world and are a growing problem in fire safety science. Other examples are large urban fires, including those that have occurred after earthquakes.
Citation
Manzello, Samuel L.; McAllister, Sara S.; Suzuki, Sayaka. 2018. Large outdoor fires and the built environment: objectives and goals of permanent IAFSS working group. Fire Technology 54(3):579-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2018.03.003