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Improved Fire Safety in the Wildland-Urban Interface Through Smart Technologies
Wildfire activity across the globe has increased in frequency and intensity in recent years. Alongside this increased fire activity has been rapid population growth bringing human settlements closer to wildlands. This has resulted in the growth of the wildland urban interface (WUI) where an increased risk to people and their property from fires exists. To better plan for increased WUI fire activity, various initiatives have focused on building and planning practices that decrease the chance of ignition and increase building survivability in the case of a fire. Crucial to understanding how to best protect the built environment during a WUI fire is a thorough understanding of the causes of WUI fire ignition and spread and the factors that lead to building survivability. In this chapter, we describe key factors leading to building ignition, namely ember ignition and direct flame contact, building features shown to enhance building survivability, land management and fuel treatment practices. We use these basic principles of WUI fire behavior to propose the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning to tackle the WUI fire safety problem.
Improved Fire Safety in the Wildland-Urban Interface Through Smart Technologies
Wildfire activity across the globe has increased in frequency and intensity in recent years. Alongside this increased fire activity has been rapid population growth bringing human settlements closer to wildlands. This has resulted in the growth of the wildland urban interface (WUI) where an increased risk to people and their property from fires exists. To better plan for increased WUI fire activity, various initiatives have focused on building and planning practices that decrease the chance of ignition and increase building survivability in the case of a fire. Crucial to understanding how to best protect the built environment during a WUI fire is a thorough understanding of the causes of WUI fire ignition and spread and the factors that lead to building survivability. In this chapter, we describe key factors leading to building ignition, namely ember ignition and direct flame contact, building features shown to enhance building survivability, land management and fuel treatment practices. We use these basic principles of WUI fire behavior to propose the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning to tackle the WUI fire safety problem.
Improved Fire Safety in the Wildland-Urban Interface Through Smart Technologies
Digital Innovations in
Huang, Xinyan (editor) / Tam, Wai Cheong (editor) / Cobian-Iñiguez, Jeanette (author) / Gollner, Michael (author) / Saha, Shusmita (author) / Avalos, Joseph (author) / Ameri, Ehsan (author)
2024-01-26
34 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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