Wildfire

The University of California Cooperative Extension includes a wide variety of programs aimed at understanding California wildfire and how losses from wildfire can be minimized. Following is information for the media on these UC resources.

Articles

• Burned forestland needs erosion protection (Nov. 2015)
• Five-foot zone free of plants can help rural homes' fire survival
• King Fire provides learning opportunities
• Becoming a fire-adapted community
• UCCE helps span the boundary between fire science and fire management in California
• Homeowners can help keep the blaze at bay even as wildfire rages

California Agriculture journal special issue, Woody Biomass: Energy, ecosystems, economics (July-Sept. 2015)

• The wood in the forest: Why California needs to reexamine the role of biomass in climate policy
• Effects of fuel treatments on California nixed-conifer forests
• Thinning treatments had minimal effect on soil compaction in mixed-conifer plantations
• Modeling fuel treatment impacts on fire suppression cost savings: A review

Experts

• University of California ANR wildfire experts

Resources

• Recovering from wildfire: A guide for California's forest landowners (July 2017)
  A 15-page report to guide property owners on recovery.
• Don't get burned twice (pdf)
  A brochure that provides information to avoid being "burned" in the aftermath of a fire storm by home repair fraud, charity fraud, phony "officials," advance fee loans, telemarketers, insurance adjusters and housing refunds.
• Invasive Plants and Wildfires in Southern California (pdf)
  A brochure that describes the role of non-native plants in wildfire occurance and recovery.
• Home Landscaping for Fire (pdf)
  Incorporating fire safe concepts into the residential landscape is one of the most important ways to help your home survive a wildfire. This four-page publication provides details and charts.
• Wildfire Preparedness and Recovery in San Diego County (pdf)
  A 65-page summary and analysis of fire research.
• Quantification of pollutants emitted from very large wildland fires in Southern California, U.S.A. (pdf)
  A 10-page academic journal article
• Development and analysis of 12-year daily 1-km forest fire dataset across North America (pdf)
  An 11-page academic journal article

UC web sites

• eXtension Wildfire Information Network
  The eXtension Wildfire Information Network is a national collaboration of fire experts who are assembling, summarizing, developing and delivering educational materials related to wildfire.

• 2015 Butte Fire Recovery Information
  These resources from UC Cooperative Extension in the Central Sierra are designed to help families recover from a wildfire. They include tips for safely returning to a home after a wildfire.

• A virtual tour of the UC wildland-urban interface demonstration building
  Taking this virtual tour will allow potential builders to consider the trade-offs they face when designing a building to resist wildfire flames, radiant heat, and embers. The tour offers suggestions for selecting materials that are durable, cost effective and look nice.
  
• Center for Fire Research and Outreach
  The center develops and disseminates science-based solutions to wildfire-related challenges.