Wildland-urban interface maps also establish building-code requirements, such as building materials used in the construction of new buildings in designated fire-risk zones. Van Son said the ...

Scientists call this area the wildland-urban interface and estimate that it makes up about 4.7 per cent of the planet's surface. In Europe, the wildland-urban interface covers 15 per cent of the ...

Currently, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) in Boulder is mostly comprised of open space. Under the proposal, the number of properties in the WUI would jump from 4,000 to about 16,000 homes and ...

Fire awareness is not new to communities in Arizona's high country, but the losses of life and property in California was a sobering reminder that "it could happen anywhere." Some Arizona ...