How to mitigate fire propagation in wildland-urban Interface vegetation and its impact on buildings 10-month position Do you have a genuine interest in landscape fires and resilience? Are you up for an interdisciplinary challenge, looking and learning beyond your own field and assumptions? With an international team that is inclusive, collaborative, creative and open minded? Then, we are looking for you! Background The 2018 and the 2021 wildfire seasons were a glimpse of what to expect in the future: deadly mega-fires in Mediterranean regions and high fire activity in temperate and boreal areas outside the typical Spring fire season. We […]
Archive: 2023
Interview with Lara Steil and Peter Moore Written by Lucía de la Riva For this blog post, I interviewed Lara Steil, Forestry Officer (Fire Management) at FAO since July 2022, and her predecessor Peter Moore, now Director of Natural Resources Fire & Carbon Pty Ltd. For 17 years, Lara was the coordinator of the interagency department at the National Center for Wildfire Prevention and Suppression in Brazil (IBAMA, Prevfogo), focusing on national and international cooperation and the involvement of indigenous and rural communities in IFM activities. Peter has worked on natural resources and fire management for over 40 years all […]
How WUI fire risk-reduction applies to dense urban areas Written by Simona Dossi, Shrey Bohra, and Guillermo Rein On July 19th 2022 the London Fire Brigade experienced its busiest day since World War II assisting many incidents, including several wildfires which spread to buildings. In total 41 London properties, including houses and shops, were destroyed by fires. In July 2022, the UK reached record high temperatures. The heat wave caused a number of wildfires throughout the country: Two major incidents due to fires were declared on July 19th in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and a third on July 22nd in Surrey due […]