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A plan for success in the wildland-urban interface
| Author: |
Perrett, L. |
| Date: |
1999 |
| Periodical: |
Fire Management Notes |
| Abstract: |
Damaging Wildland-urban interface fires are a growing, problem in America. In 1996. 774 families lost their homes to wildland-urban interface fires. We expect to heat of homes lost in States such as California that are heavily populated-and have frequent *wildfires. But the homes lost in 1996 were primarily in, Alaska: New Mexico, and Texas. It is estimated that in the last 30 years. 10.000 structures have been lost to wildland-urban interface fires. In 1996. the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gave the state of Texas an unprecedented 44 Fire Suppression Assistance Grants to assist in suppressing potentially disastrous fires. It is clear that people are continuing to move from urban settings to rural wildland settings; they build residences and vacation homes where it is difficult to protect them from forest and grassland fires. Of course, there are many other problems associated with human development of and encroachment into undeveloped lands. Water and sewage drainage, wildlife forest health and law enforcement coverage are also issues. All of these problems are immense and growing. |
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