NIST WUI FIRE DAYS 2023

The event was hosted over three Wednesdays. The first two days presented the most recent results of the ongoing case study of the 2018 Camp Fire pertaining to the life safety aspects of the incident. These finding are reported in NIST Technical Note 2252 detailing the topics of notification, evacuation, traffic, temporary refuge areas, rescues, and fatalities (abbreviated as NETTRA). These topics were presented in four modules. Lessons from the Camp Fire can be applied and incorporated by other communities, as presented in NIST Technical Note 2262, titled “WUI Fire Evacuation and Sheltering Considerations—Assessment, Planning, and Execution.” A presentation of the concepts in that report were presented on Day 2, November 8, 2023.

The third day included presentations of recent experimental work on parcel-level fire spread hazards from small residential storage sheds (NIST Technical Note 2253) and firewood piles (NIST Technical Note 2251). A walkthrough of a new NIST webpage detailing the Hazard Mitigation Methodology was also presented.

Thank you to this year’s presenters, audience, and IT support staff for making WUI Fire Days a success. Content from the NIST WUI Fire Days can be found below.