In the aftermath of the LA Pacific Palisades Fire, I've decided that instead of inviting one expert to discuss the event, I will give a voice back to those who already participated in the Fire Science Show and explained this fire (months and years before it happened).

In this episode, we recap Wildland-Urban Interface fires, with a focus on the "urban" part. We cover conditions in which such fires may happen and factors that contribute. We discuss the role of community preparedness and pathways in how those fires "attack" individual households. We talk a lot about embers and some ideas on how to mitigate them. Finally, we discuss the evacuation from WUI fires.

Some politics, a lot of science, decent amount of answers to most urgent questions. I hope you will enjoy!

Episodes and speakers featured in this podcast:

• 069 - Challenging fires at the wildland-urban interface (WUI) with Michael Gollner
• 117 - Global wildfire emergency and the key role of FSEs with Albert Simeoni
• 156 - Trigger Boundaries with Harry Mitchell and Nick Kalogeropoulos
• 159 - The WUI Problem with Michele Steinberg and Birgitte Messerschmidt
• 161 - Community evacuation with Enrico Ronchi and Max Kinateder

You can always find current episodes on wildfires at https://www.firescienceshow.com/category/wildfires-wui-and-wind/

The history of Japanese urban fires is covered in the paper Large Urban Fires in Japan: History and Management by Yoshioka H. et al.

Cover image credit: By Toastt21 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157682430
From the Wikipedia summary of the LA Palisades Fire at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Fire

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