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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2008
Editorial comment ... 'The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is a common story line in many of today's wildfire events. The WUI concept was formally introduced in 1987 Forest Service Research budget documents but was not acknowledged as a major component for federal fire management until the 2000 National Fire Plan. Although the 1987 introduction was meant to increase research focus on demographic factors influencing fire and other resource management, its California roots can be traced to post-World War II civil defense concerns about fire and water. The author offers a personal perspective on why the WUI concept was promoted by the Forest Service at an inauspicious time for fire research.'
Citation: Sommers, W. T. 2008. The emergence of the wildland-urban interface concept. v. Fall, p. 12-18.
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Keywords:
- fire frequency
- fire management
- fire size
- fire suppression
- National Fire Plan
- public information
- roots
- water
- wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 23970 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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