Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Title	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Publication Type	Report
Year of Publication	2015
Authors	Evans, A
Series Editor	Auerbach, S
Tertiary Authors	Miller, LW
Subsidiary Authors	Wood, R, Nystrom, K, Loevner, J, Aragon, A, Piccarello, M, Krasilovsky, E
Series Title	JFSP Project ID 11-1-3-10
Document Number	11-1-3-10
Pagination	100 p.
Date Published	10/2015
Keywords	technical reports and journal articles, wildfire mitigation, WUI
Abstract	We assessed wildfire mitigation activities in the wildland- urban interface (WUI) of New Mexico to identify which strategies are most effective. First, we modeled how fuel treatments change wildfire behavior in 12 WUI areas. The second element of our analysis used data from over 2,000 assessments of home wildfire hazard to better understand how those hazards are distributed and change over time. We examined the Firewise communities in New Mexico because of the important role the Firewise program plays in public wildfire education nationally. The fourth element of our assessment examined nine Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) case studies, which integrate the different elements of wildfire mitigation. The final section of this report synthesizes the lessons learned from WUI mitigation in New Mexico.

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