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Latest Round of Trainings with CAL FIRE Completed

Last month, CWPC and CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division wrapped up another successful round of trainings to educate planners, fire officials, building officials, and other professionals on Land Use...

New Guidance for Adopting Defensible Space Ordinances

Defensible space ordinances, also referred to as vegetation management, hazardous brush, or landscaping ordinances, can be a powerful regulatory tool to help communities reduce risk in the wildland-urban interface. Communities using this approach can effectively alter...

New Report Highlights Wildfire Recovery Opportunities

1 / 1 New Report Highlights Wildfire Recovery Opportunities   On December 30, 2021, the devastating Marshall Fire raced through Boulder County, the Town of Superior, and the City of Louisville in Colorado. With 100+ mph winds fueling flames through...

Wildfire Preparedness Month includes REALFire!

Wildfire mitigation staff from Eagle County share opportunities with residents in the Aspen Daily News on how to prepare for wildfire, including getting their property assessed through the REALFire program. Read the full article...

CWPC Launches WUI Planning Hub

CWPC has launched a new WUI Planning Hub on our website to provide resources and tools for land use planners, fire mitigation specialists, and other practitioners interested or engaged in wildland-urban interface (WUI) planning activities. One of our WUI Planning...

CWPC and CAL FIRE Launch Wildfire Planning Trainings in California

CAL FIRE / Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division and the Community Wildfire Planning Center are excited to announce the launch of free trainings in 2023: Introduction to Land Use Planning for Wildfires in...

New Report: Regulating the Wildland-Urban Interface—Three Case Studies from Colorado

Codes and regulations targeting the wildland-urban interface (WUI) can address a range of building, land use, and life safety topics, such as ignition-resistant construction materials, minimum fire protection standards for ingress, egress, and water supply, and...

New Wildfire Planning Resources from California

California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) published two new wildfire planning resources to support local agencies as they plan for wildfire at the community scale. Although the primary audiences for these resources are planners and other...

New Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Guidelines for Colorado State

The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), directed by the Colorado State Legislature through Senate Bill 09-001, released new minimum standards for development of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). CWPPs are documents that focus on identifying and mitigating...

Urgent Need for Wildfire Preparedness and Risk Reduction Funding

A new report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires,” published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) found that the number of wildfires will rise by 50% by 2100. The report also found that governments are not...

Key Resources for Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)

Evaluate Your Community’s WUI Planning Approach

Use our online planning tool to assess if your community is effectively integrating wildfire into the local land use planning process.

Explore State and National WUI Planning Resources

Explore national and state WUI planning resources on our interactive map.

Access Guidance for Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface

Download a free, comprehensive report by the American Planning Association to learn more about WUI planning.