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Wildland-Urban Fire Research |
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Wildland-urban ignition research indicates that a home's characteristics and the area immediately surrounding a home within 100 to 200 feet principally determine a home's ignition potential during a severe wildland fire. I refer to this area that includes a home and its immediate surroundings as the home ignition zone.
 "We can have high intensity wildland fires without necessarily having a residential fire disaster."
The home ignition research includes computational modeling, forest crown fire experiments, and actual fire investigations and case studies. This combined approach addresses how ignitions occur due to direct flame heating (radiation and convection) and due to spot ignitions from firebrands (lofted burning embers).
 "A home that does not ignite is a home that does not burn."
The research results have implications for appropriately conducting hazard assessment and risk mapping, effectively reducing home ignition potential, and identifying appropriate approaches and responsibilities for reducing home ignition potential during wildland fires.
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