For the media - Wildfire

Planning and preparing for wildfire is the best way to reduce the likelihood of home destruction.

NFPA's Firewise USA®, Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, international outreach efforts, research, and codes and standards collectively work to ensure that we proactively address wildfire safety worldwide. 

Contact: NFPA's Public Affairs office at +1 617 984-7275 for press inquiries.

Extreme wildfire conditions and loss of life and property are increasing. Residents play a key role in reducing the risks.

Resources

• Preparing homes for wildfire
• See an interactive map of wildfires
• Wildfire safety tips
• Information on Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (Occurs in May annually)
• Tips for high fire danger days (PDF)

Statistics & reports

• NFPA's reports on the wildland urban interface 
• Ten largest loss wildland fires in the U.S. 

Blog posts

• There’s a wildfire, do you know where your children are? 2019
• 7 questions and answers about California’s wildfires, 2018
• California experience highlights the tremendous and humbling complexity of wildfire disasters, 2017

NFPA related codes & standards

• NFPA 295, Standard for Wildfire Control
• NFPA 299, Standard for Protection of Life and Property from Wildfire
• NFPA 1143, Standard for Wildland Fire Management
• NFPA 1906, Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus

From NFPA Journal®

• Striving for Excellence -  New Firewise pilot program tests how far communities can go to protect themselves from wildfire, 2019
• Structure Survival - Heavy losses in recent wildfires in California and Canada raise a central question: How can we better protect homes and other structures against wildfire? 2017

NFPA provides action steps for residents to reduce wildfire risks, including seven tips to help keep homes from igniting in a wildfire.