Fire and the Wildland/Urban Interface

Wildfire in Idaho - it's a question of not if, but when. If you live where the urban environment meets the wild, you are part of a rapidly growing number of people occupying the wildland/urban interface. Learn how to increase the fire "resistiveness" of both your home and surrounding landscape as well as what to do on the event of a wildfire emergency.


Publications

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• Protecting and Landscaping Your Home in the Wildland/Urban Interface 
• Reducing Fire Risk on Your Forest Property 

Articles

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• Do I Still Believe in Landscaping for Fire Prevention?
• Is Your Property Safe from Wildfire? 
• Landscaping for Fire Prevention
• Maintaining Fire Resistive Landscapes
• Ten Top Worst Reasons to Not Prepare Your Home for Forest Fires
• The Idaho Firewise Program 

Other Resources

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• eXtension - Living with Fire
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Firewise Communities
• Idaho Firewise