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Flammability study of decking sections found at the Wildland–Urban interface at different scales

Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
This work presents a study of the fire reaction of two types of decking sections (wood and thermoplastic) exposed to a radiant heat source. The flammability was studied at two scales: a cone calorimeter was used at product scale (36 cm2) and at assembly scale (around 1300 cm2), experiments were performed under a Large Scale Heat Release calorimeter with a radiant burner.

Burnover events identified during the 2018 Camp Fire

Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
Background: The Camp Fire burned through communities in Butte County, California, on 8 November 2018. The fire destroyed over 18 000 structures and caused 85 fatalities, mostly within the first 12 h of the incident. Aims: A post-fire case study was conducted to learn from the devastating incident.

Unprotected lands: A case study of a wildland-urban interface community in “No-Man's land”

Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
There are areas of the United States that have no formalized fire protection. These lands are colloquially referred to as “no-man’s land” but are recognized by many land management agencies as unprotected lands. Unprotected lands are generally rural landscapes and exist in areas that are sparsely populated and lack formalized fire protection.

The "strings attached" to community difference and potential pathways to fire adaptiveness in the wildland urban interface

Year of Publication
2021
Publication Type
This article identifies specific social characteristics in two wildland urban interface communitiesthat may have significant impacts on the ability of those communities to adapt to wildfire.Researchers used a mixed-methods approach to triangulate results to identify potential views andmotives surrounding three important behaviors and values related to crafting potential strategiesto mitigate wildf