The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from ...

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI ... and the 2023 Lahaina Fire in Hawaii that killed 100. At the beginning of this year, a disastrous outbreak of fires ...

Firefighters who fight fires in wildland urban interface zones experience genetic changes that explain their elevated risk ...

On February 26, 2025, the State of California adopted the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code® (IWUIC®) as the ...

Firefighters who fight fires in wildland urban interface zones, where undeveloped and developed land meet, appear to ...

In the 1990s, about 917,000 homes in the Bay Area were in wildland-urban Interface areas, or WUI. Those areas are on land that is on the edge or within the wilderness, putting it at high fire risk.

Tropical Storm Helene left lots of vegetation in its wake that will contribute to future wildfires. Now is the time to focus ...

“Today marks a milestone that represents the hard work of many to update and modernize Wildland-Urban Interface building codes,” said California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant.“While ...

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code to address escalating wildfire risks, enhance fire resilience with science-based standards, and set the benchmark for safer, more sustainable ...