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Analysis of the utility of wildfire home protection strategies
| Author: |
De Witt, J. L. |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Periodical: |
Lafayette, LA: National Wetlands Research Center. Final Report. 22 p. |
| Abstract: |
A qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of wildfire home protection strategies utilized by homeowners in the wildland-urban interface is presented. Several factors were statistically significant in protecting homes from structural damage: metal soffit vents, block homes, the amount of tree and brush clearance surrounding a home, a lack of debris around a residence, and defensible actions. Logistic regression analysis was utilized to analyze the effect of each factor on three structural damage levels. Eight factors were identified by the model as significant at the 0.05 level. The model correctly predicted the observed damage levels in 79 percent of the samples. The results of this study indicate that there are several strategies homeowners can utilize to protect their homes from wildfires. |
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