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The NIST Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Case Study Approach and Outlook, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2296, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958136 (Accessed May 13, 2026)
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The NIST Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Case Study Approach and Outlook
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Wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires are a threat to thousands of communities in the United States. Thousands of structures are destroyed, and thousands of lives are threatened or upended by fires every year. There are valuable lessons to be learned from these WUI fire events to help communities become more prepared, resilient, and resistant to fires in the future. Since 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has conducted four post-fire case studies to do just that. This document summarizes the past case studies, which have served as a technical anchor for NIST's WUI research, as background and motivation for future case studies. The approach and methodology for data collection and analysis is described. A range of different post-fire deployment possibilities is presented along with parameters to consider for future case studies including areas of technical interest, staffing, training requirements, and suggested tools and equipment.Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 2296
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2296
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case study, field data collection, fire, investigation, wildland-urban interface, WUI
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Created July 19, 2024