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Title
Steep-Slope Roof Ventilation in Fire-Prone Areas
Steep-Slope Roof Ventilation in Fire-Prone Areas
Date
9/2022
9/2022
Author(s)
Page(s)
1-9
1-9
Keyword(s)
frieze; vent; roof; zones
frieze; vent; roof; zones
Abstract
With the recent increase in wildfire activity and its impact on the built environment in California and other western states, the focus has shifted to mitigating the damage to buildings and structures to the greatest extent possible. The U.S. Fire Administration defines specific communities and properties as existing in a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. This is the zone where structures meet or intermingle with wildland or vegetative fuels, causing these building and structures to be of higher risk to wildfires.
With the recent increase in wildfire activity and its impact on the built environment in California and other western states, the focus has shifted to mitigating the damage to buildings and structures to the greatest extent possible. The U.S. Fire Administration defines specific communities and properties as existing in a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. This is the zone where structures meet or intermingle with wildland or vegetative fuels, causing these building and structures to be of higher risk to wildfires.