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Structures in the Wildland

The Wildland Urban Interface Fire Problem - A Consequence of the Fire Exclusion Paradigm (2 KB PDF Posted 1/7/2009) This article, written by Jack Cohen, was posted in the Fall 2008 edition of Forest History Today.

S-520 Fireline Handbook Chapter 9: "Structures in the Wildland" PDF file (181 KB)

NORTHERN ROCKIES COORDINATING GROUP, STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION PDF file (133 KB) dated August11, 1999 "In an effort to facilitate implementation of the federal wildland fire policy as it relates to structure protection issues, the following consensus statements and recommended procedures are provided to NRCG agencies."

MTDC Improving Wildland Firefighter Safety in the Wildland/Urban Intermix PDF file (2.5 MB) 2000 "Road width, traffic flow, curve radius, and bridge weight limits all impact the timeliness and ability of fire apparatus to reach a fire, or to gain access to protect a structure. The necessary level of protection ..."

STRUCTURE TRIAGE DURING WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE/INTERMIX FIRES: STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS PDF file (86 KB) "This 1994 research project analyzed the factors that influence the survivability of structures located in wildland/urban interface and intermix zones. The purpose of the project was to produce a short, simple checklist fire officers can use to do structure triage during a wildland conflagration."

Are Wildland Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Disasters Avoidable?
(6MB pdf posted 1/5/2010)
This is a PDF of the presentation given by Marty Alexander, PhD, RPF at the New Brunswick Association of Fire Chiefs 32nd Annual Convention – Moncton, NB – May 23, 2009 Hosted by the South-East Fire Fighters Association.

Initial Impressions Report - Southern California Fires 2007: What We Learned, How We Worked
( pdf posted 2/14/2008)
"Every firefighter says that every fire they respond to is different. That is one of the first things that became apparent when the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center’s Information Collection Team began talking to emergency responders during southern California’s 2007 fires: It was not like southern California’s fire siege of 2003. Firefighters said they experienced dramatic differences even between the fires that were burning simultaneously in 2007."

CDF Green Sheet, Firefighters Injuries, Single Family Home Residential Structure Fire
(393.6KB pdf posted 6/28/2006)
"The Truck Company Firefighter’s fall resulted in a fracture to his left foot. A second Firefighter Paramedic received second and third degree burns from radiant heat at the front of the structure. The fire was contained without further incident at approximately 1209 hours."

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