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Updated 07/2011
Wildfire Prevention: The Wildland/Urban Interface
Contents
- About Wildfire Prevention
- Model Codes
- Local Government Plans and Regulatory Provisions
- Additional References
About Wildfire Prevention
- Healthy Forests and Rangelands - Information about the National Fire Plan (NFP), Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI), and related initiatives - A cooperative effort between the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and their land management agencies.
- Pacific Northwest National Fire Plan
- National Interagency Fire Center- The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) is the nation's support center for wildland firefighting. The website covers topics related to aviation, communications, fire information, fire shelters, NICC, policies, prevention/education, programs, and safety training.
Model Codes
- Protecting Your Home from Wildland Fire, National Interagency Fire Center
- NFPA 1144: Standard for Reducing Structure Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire, 2008 Edition, National Fire Protection Association (catalog description)
- Protecting Life and Property in Rural and Suburban Communities, by Jim Smalley, NFPA Journal®, November/December 2007 - Significant changes in 2008 Editions of NFPA 1141 and NFPA 1144 can help reduce losses
- International Wildland/Urban Interface Code, International Code Council, 2009 ed. - ICC Catalog Description
Local Government Plans and Regulatory Provisions
See also Fire Season Weed Abatement
- Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWWP) - Washington State Department of Natural Resources List of Completed Mitigation Plans
- Cascadia (Chelan County) Conservation District Community Wildfire Protection Planning
- Clark County Code Ch. 15.13 - Wildland Urban Interface/Intermix Zone
- Clallam County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (
), 12/2009
- Okanogan County Comprehensive Plan Ch. 3 () - Fire Planning
- Richland Municipal Code Sec. 21.01.030 () - Wild-Land Areas (building code)
- Wenatchee Municipal Code Ch. 3.36 - Wildland-Urban Interface Standards
- Yakima County Code Ch. 13.12 - Wildland Urban Interface Code
Additional References
- Fire Information and Prevention, Department of Natural Resources - See Wildfire information pages
- Fire Safe Spokane - A nonprofit corporation that promotes and develops wildfire mitigation and education
- Fire Prevention in the Rural/Urban Interface: Washington's Backyard Forest Stewardship/Wildfire Safety Program, by Janean H. Creighton, et al, Journal of Extension, April 2002
- Firewise Communities/USA, National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program
- Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection (), by Ross W. Gorte Congressional Research Service, updated January 18, 2006
- Landfire.gov - A five-year, multi-partner wildland fire, ecosystem, and wildland fuel mapping project sponsored by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC)
- National Database of State and Local Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Programs - A clearinghouse of information about nonfederal policies and programs that seek to reduce the risk of loss of life and property through the reduction of hazardous fuels on private lands
- National Interagency Fire Center
- Planning for Wildfires, by Stuart Meck and Jim Schwab, APA Planning Advisory Service Report No 529/530, February 2005 (Available through MRSC Library Loan)
- Reducing the Community Risk of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires, Public Entity Risk Institute's Symposium, October 14-26, 2001
- The Risk of Wildfire by Ilene Watson, Planning Commissioner's Journal, Spring 2005 (Available through MRSC Library Loan)
- Wildland Fire Management Section Forum, NFPA
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