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| International Association of Wildland Fire - Book Selections
IAWF's wildland fire bookstore
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Wildland Firefighter
This magazine contains comprehensive fire line news, info about jobs, wildland/urban interface fire fighting, fitness and nutrition, equipment reviews, air ops, strike teams, hotshot crews, smokejumping, contract crews, book reviews ... and more.
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Wildfire Magazine
This publication contains information for wildland fire professionals on news and trends in fire suppression tools, techniques, government action, climate and more.
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The Fires of 1910
Article outlining the fires of 1910, the events leading up to them, as well as the aftermath.
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Fire Prevention Plan for the National Parks
10th National Park Conference, February 15–21, 1928
Fire issues early in National Park Service history that helped shape policy.
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Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire Investigation Report
Lessons learned as a result of the investigation of the Cerro Grande fire that burned through Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 2000.
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Yellowstone in the Afterglow: Lessons from the Fires
Lessons learned from the fires of 1988. A great read!
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Forest Fire in the American Southwest
Northern Arizona University
Putting the Pieces together. An independent website from the NAU. Includes Problems, Analysis, Solutions, Resources, and more.
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An Examination of the Summerhaven, Arizona Home Destruction Related to the Local Wildland Fire Behavior during the June 2003 Aspen Fire
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
The examination was prompted by questions regarding the wildfire behavior related to home destruction and specifically whether homes could have survived the wildfire in the Summerhaven area. The evidence indicates that the wildfire largely spread as a surface fire not as a high intensity crown fire.
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What is the Wildland Fire Threat to Homes
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
Thompson Memorial Lecture, April 10, 2000. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
The threat of life and property losses related to wildfires is a significant issue for federal, state, and local fire and planning agencies who consider the mix of residential areas and wildlands.
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Structure Ignition Assessment Can Help Reduce Fire Damages in the WUI
Jack D. Cohen and Jim Saveland, USFS
To assess potential ignitions, SIAM uses an analytical approach and worst-case assumptions to establish relationships between the design of a structure and its exposure to fire.
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Thoughts on the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Problem, June 2003
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
The USDA Forest Service along with the National Fire Protection Association generated the National Wildland-Urban Interface Initiative in response to the residential fire destruction during the 1985 fire season.
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A Site-Specific Approach for Assessing the Fire Risk to Structures at the Wildland / Urban Interface
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
The essence of the wildland/urban interface fire problem is the loss of homes. The problem is not new, but is becoming increasingly important as more homes with inadequate adherence to safety codes are built at the wildland / urban interface.
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Examination of the Home Destruction in Los Alamos Associated with the Cerro Grande Fire, July 10, 2000
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
The homes were destroyed as the main body of the Cerro Grande Fire burned past Los Alamos to the north-northeast and then toward the northeast between about 1700 on 5/10 to the early morning hours of 5/11. About 200 single and multi-family structures were totally destroyed or irreparably damaged.
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Structure Ignition Assessment Model (SIAM)
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
In response to the need for a better understanding of wildland / urban interface ignition mechanisms and a method of assessing the ignition risk, USDA Forest Service Fire Research is developing the Structure Ignition Assessment Model (SIAM).
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Wildland-Urban Fire — A Different Approach
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
Research results indicate that the home and its immediate surroundings within 100-200 feet (30-60 meters) principally determines the home ignition potential during severe wildland-urban fires. Research has also established that fire is an intrinsic ecological process of nearly all North American ecosystems.
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Modeling Potential Structure Ignitions from Flame Radiation Exposure with Implications for Wildland / Urban Interface Fire Management
Jack D. Cohen and Bret W. Butler, USFS
Residential losses associated with wildland fires have become a serious international fire protection problem. The radiant heat flux from burning vegetation adjacent to a structure is a principal ignition factor.
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Preventing Disaster: Home Ignitability in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Jack D. Cohen
Research using modeling, experiments, and W-UI case studies indicates that home ignitability during wildland fires depends on the characteristics of the home and its immediate surroundings.
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Reducing the Wildland Fire Threat to Homes:
Where and How Much?
Jack D. Cohen, USFS
Understanding how ignitions occur is critical for effectively mitigating home fire losses during wildland fires. The threat of life and property losses during wildland fires is a significant issue for Federal, State, and local agencies that have responsibilities involving homes within and adjacent to wildlands.
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