The effectiveness of WUI fuel management practices aimed at protecting communities, infrastructures, and homes is analysed, specifically considering prescriptions for shaded fuel breaks of the regions of Catalonia (Spain) ...

In this document, the strategy of FIREPRIME implementation is detailed, focusing on three main aspects: the summary of findings regarding the socioeconomic profile of local communities, the basic content of the program for ...

This deliverable summarizes the content of Demonstration Event I, held in Girona, Spain, where the tools and methods developed under the WUITIPS project were showcased at the Costa Brava pilot site. The document is organized ...

The combustion of artificial fuels at Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) homeowner scale has been identified as a contributor to fire spread through a property, often leading to the ignition of structures, hence involving major ...

(English) Wildfires that reach the border between the wildland and urban areas, defined as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), have rapidly expanded in frequency and severity over the past few decades, and the number of ...

As WUI fires have become a global concern, there is a growing need for engineering methodologies that lead to proactive fire management not only at the landscape level, but at all WUI scales. This paper presents a quantitative ...

WUI fires are posing great challenges to firefighting services, which are overwhelmed by the need to not only suppress the fire, but also protect the community. The need for self-protection is therefore growing, as is the ...

Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) are becoming increasingly hazardous for life safety and property protection. Guidelines and standards for fire practitioners are needed in order to help WUI communities face this ...