FireFighterNation

Preplanning your response area is always ideal, but when that can’t or doesn’t happen, firefighters in the WUI must understand how to determine which homes can be saved and which can’t. Rich Cowger discusses some key aspects of preplanning, as well as how to categorize structures during a WUI incident to determine their survivability and the degree of involvement required by firefighters for each.

The Florida Highway Patrol urges motorists to use caution due to smoke from a brush fire burning near Alligator Alley, which connects the state's southwest coast to South Florida.

A series of missteps combined with the vagaries of wind and fire led to last month's deadly wildfire in the Rocky Mountains, new documents show. The 6-square-mile blaze in killed three people, destroyed dozens of homes near the small town of Conifer and raised questions about what could have been done to contain the human and material losses.

Keith Klassen discusses the steps involved in using Class A foam and/or compressed-air foam during WUI incidents to create a fireline, coat fuels and protect structures.

Chuck Sallade provides definitions for both safety zones and escape routes, and then provides some basics on what to look for and what to avoid when establishing both.