Risk management in the wildland/urban interface (WUI)—the area where human development meets or intermixes with wildland fuels—requires a unique approach that bridges the gap between traditional urban (structural) and wildland firefighting. Because firefighters are traditionally trained to handle either structural fires or wildland fires, risk management in the WUI relies on cross-training personnel to understand both environments, ensuring they can safely suppress fires involving both buildings and vegetation and often on a lager size or complexity. Example: - do structural city fire crews know visibility limitations of heavy equipment or helicopter safety - do wildfire forestry crews know power line or hazmat hazards Risk management in an urban conflagration or wildfire asset interface create transformational activities that are not always routine involving specialized tactics: Comprehensive Hazard Assessments: Risk management in the WUI relie...
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