This project interlinks prevention and protection from wildfire risk, by focusing on providing a clearer understanding of uncontrolled fires and the conditions that cause them to arise in the wildland urban interface. These are a global phenomenon that are becoming more commonplace as changes in moisture and local temperature driven by climate change affect local fuel properties and ecosystems. As we construct more housing and industry in areas that were previously wildlands, the Wildland-Urban Interface becomes more critical as wildfires now affect infrastructure, urban systems and agricultural land. Different vegetation distributions can lead to very different fire spread mechanisms, as well as different effects on structures. In this project we will aim at quantifying some of these mechanisms for different WUI scenarios.

Duration: 2024-2028

Feature image: by Matthias Fischer from Pixabay