Rising costs and cancellations by insurers citing wildfire risks have garnered attention in California, where many Los ...
The map below shows inspections of buildings conducted by Cal Fire following the Eaton Fire along with the wildland-urban interface, illustrating just how destructive a major conflagration can be ...
The map below shows inspections of buildings conducted by Cal Fire following the Eaton Fire along with the wildland-urban interface, illustrating just how destructive a major conflagration can be ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
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Most of those structures were in neighborhoods where the boundaries between human development and natural landscapes blur, the area officials and researchers call the wildland urban interface ...
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the Urban Wildland Interface grows at a rate of 2 million acres per year. Here in Nevada, anywhere from 45 to 60% of our houses are built in that zone.
I've managed and directed many fires in the wildland urban interface as well as public wildlands and have fought many fires in California. Here are some takeaways. Are the LA fires really wildland ...
Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...
I've managed and directed many fires in the wildland urban interface as well as public wildlands and have fought many fires in California. Here are some takeaways. Are the LA fires really wildland ...