{"id":12685,"date":"2024-07-24T22:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/?p=12685"},"modified":"2024-08-12T22:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T22:14:29","slug":"community-wildfire-risk-mitigation-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/community-wildfire-risk-mitigation-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Wildfire Risk Mitigation Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12685\" class=\"elementor elementor-12685\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9198dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c9198dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape 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class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNatural Hazards\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCase Study\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef0cfb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fef0cfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f904434 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f904434\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a5741 e-con-full animated-slow e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8a5741\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:7,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:14,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b08beb3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b08beb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324b909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"324b909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Community Wildfire Risk Mitigation Assessment<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f4f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23f4f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pilot Research Project on Methods for Quantifying Wildfire Hazard and Risk\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36071c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36071c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/group-nh\/\" target=\"_blank\">SCIENCE GROUP: Natural Hazards<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796e57f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"796e57f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778fb4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"778fb4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ffed18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ffed18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding the Landscape Effects of Wildfire Resiliency Treatments in the Wildland-Urban Interface\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2c3ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d2c3ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Forests in California are increasingly vulnerable to damaging, high severity wildfires. Not only have climate change, fire exclusion, and past forest management practices created very favorable conditions for mega fires, but increasing human settlement of the wildland-urban interface and intermix (WUI) has dramatically increased the potential lives and values at risk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38f23db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38f23db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b100b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61b100b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-pa-eq-height=\"{&quot;targetType&quot;:&quot;widget&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;load&quot;,&quot;enableOn&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6194402 e-con-full premium-equal-height-yes e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6194402\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f081adc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f081adc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a12a726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a12a726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Do Local Interventions Affect the Landscape?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9c1ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a9c1ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeasures to reduce risk, such as defensible space regulations and home hardening, as well as fuel reduction treatment, are in place throughout the state, but  the integration of their \nlandscape-level effects on potential structure losses have not been well studied.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9b616 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae9b616\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4ecda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f4ecda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-03-1024x649.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12713\" alt=\"Local Interventions\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-03-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-03-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-03-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-03.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-899b996 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"899b996\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d8ec7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21d8ec7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1553801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1553801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/campfire-1024x674.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12718\" alt=\"Camp fire map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/campfire-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/campfire-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/campfire-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/campfire.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Paradise, CA study area boundaries shown in context to the Camp Fire burn perimeter in the map<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca8f55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ca8f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ed710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26ed710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting the Lay of the Land<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dfd2e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dfd2e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCAL FIRE asked Spatial Informatics Group to undertake a pilot study to explore data, methods, and models and develop information and guidance to aid in planning fuel treatments and in implementing defensible space in the WUI of the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, and Auburn, California. SIG was also tasked with evaluating inspection and defensible space compliance data related to properties involved in the 2018 Camp Fire to evaluate the effects of building features, building codes, and defensible space in a big wildfire.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-pa-eq-height=\"{&quot;targetType&quot;:&quot;widget&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;load&quot;,&quot;enableOn&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992dd15 e-con-full premium-equal-height-yes e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"992dd15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f2cd5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1f2cd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36493ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36493ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparing Two Methodologies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acb237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acb237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project compared two methods for calculating carbon emissions associated with fuel treatments: the <a href=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/reduced-emissions-megafires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reduced Emissions from Megafires Protocol<\/a> that SIG developed and another developed by California\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. SIG\u2019s protocol was found to be more robust and better able to capture the benefits of fuel treatments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c6e597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c6e597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a07f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a07f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Regardless of analytical method, results showed that the expected loss of value due to a simulated wildfire decreased as the proportion of the landscape subjected to fuels treatment increased and as the proportion of parcels in compliance with defensible space regulations increased.<\/p><p>They also showed that structure loss or survival is attributed to structure hardness, with newer structures compliant with more recent California building codes less susceptible to damage or destruction.<\/p><p>However, parcel-level landscape characteristics were less predictive, with defensible space clearance showing only minimal significance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfb984 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bfb984\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f9fd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0f9fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12726\" alt=\"Community Wildfire Risk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-04.jpg 658w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NH-comunity-04-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-pa-eq-height=\"{&quot;targetType&quot;:&quot;widget&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;load&quot;,&quot;enableOn&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ba75b e-con-full premium-equal-height-yes e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56ba75b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;premium_eq_height_switcher&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e549039 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e549039\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c583d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c583d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Calfire-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12731\" alt=\"CALFIRE, Ready for Next Steps\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Calfire-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Calfire-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Calfire-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sig-gis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Calfire.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944f183 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"944f183\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e341db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e341db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ready for Next Steps<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50634db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50634db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis project demonstrated that it is possible to simulate wildfire behavior and risk effects of changes in parcel-level defensible space compliance in combination with fuel reduction treatments. It is an important first step towards developing an online statewide fuels treatment planning decision support system.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31811ba elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"31811ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Need Report<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forests in California are increasingly vulnerable to wildfires. Not only have climate change and past forest management practices created very favorable conditions for fires, but increasing human settlement of the wildland-urban interface and intermix (WUI) has dramatically increased the stakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,14,154,10,11,12],"tags":[149,150,121,153,151,152,148],"class_list":["post-12685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-map-projects","category-natural-hazards","category-portfolio","category-projects","category-science-groups","tag-californias-sierra-nevada","tag-fire-resilience","tag-forest-agriculture-management","tag-forest-fuel-treatments","tag-fuel-treatments","tag-landscape-scale","tag-merican-forest-foundation"],"acf":{"Introduction":"CAL FIRE asked Spatial Informatics Group to undertake a pilot study to explore data, methods, and models and develop information and guidance to aid in planning fuel treatments and in implementing defensible space in California\u2019s WUI. 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