Wildland Urban Interface 2017

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Conference and Exhibition will take place March 21-23 in Reno, Nevada, with pre-conference educational sessions available March 18-21.

The WUI conference brings together wildland firefighters, federal and state-agency personnel, and land-use community planners to collaborate on emerging issues in wildland fire management.

Highlighted session topics include:

• Wildland Fire Data Exchange
• Wildfire in the Canadian Oil Sands and the Impact to Ft. McMurray
• What a Presidential Transition Means to the Wildland Fire Community
• Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire
• Rapid Extrication Module (REM) – A Case Study from 2016
• Leadership Sandtable/SimmTable – Lessons from Type I ICs
• Cardiovascular Disease Health and Fitness Status in Firefighters: A Call to Act
• Fire Operations in the Swamp
• Fire Learning Exchanges in the PNW – What We Learned You Can Too
• Firefighter Safety Through Advanced Research (FSTAR)
• San Diego Risk Determination through Partnerships
• Business Outreach and Mitigation, Before, During and After a Wildfire

The Preconference on March 18-21 will offer a range of educational sessions and short-courses, including:

• Preparing Your Community for Wildfire Resilience – Mitigation Strategies and Tools
• Assessing Structure Ignition Potential from Wildfire
• Updates from NFPA’s Research, Standards and Wildfire Division
• Community Wildfire Readiness Education for the Fire Service
• A Grassroots Approach to Fire Adaptedness: Local Success Stories
• S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland-Urban Interface
• S-404 Safety Officer
• S-355 Ground Support Leader
• S-270 Basic Air Operations

The event is sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs IAFC) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Forest Service, Nevada Fire Chiefs Association, and the National Association of State Foresters.

Please visit the Wildland Urban Interface 2017 website for more information on how to participate.