International Association of Fire Chiefs

Wildland-Urban Interface Conference 2025

  • March 27 - 29, 2025
  • Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Wildland Urban Interface Conference

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge, connect with industry peers, and contribute to the advancement of wildfire management practices.

Here's a glimpse of what awaits you at WUI 2025:

  1. Pre-Conference Workshops:
    • Community Wildfire Mitigation Best Practices Short Course: Dive deep into effective strategies for community wildfire mitigation, learning from the best practices employed by leading fire service professionals.
    • Assessing Structure Ignition Potential for Wildfire, Training Course: Equip yourself with essential skills in assessing structure ignition potential during wildfires through specialized NFPA training.
    • Wildland-Urban Interface Risk Assessment & Mitigation for the Fire Service (SFPE Foundation) *Limited space: A training program derived from the WUI Virtual Handbook offering engineering-based knowledge to help fire departments with risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
    • Evacuation Management for the Fire Service: Share lessons from over two decades of disaster response, focusing on Larimer County’s 2020 wildfire planning and response.
    • Wildland Fire Assessment Program (NVFC): A program designed to provide volunteer firefighters and non-operational personnel with training on how to properly conduct assessments for homes located in the wildland-urban interface (WUI).
    • Structure-to-Structure Fire Spread and Vulnerability Modeling; a Physics-Driven Approach to Resiliency and Insurability in the WUI: Focuses on Reducing WUI community vulnerability that can only be achieved through mitigation-driven resilience that disrupts the loss sequence of conflagrations.
  2. Educational Sessions:

    Explore a diverse range of sessions covering:

    • Operations and Suppression Techniques
    • Policy Development for Wildfire Management
    • Fire-Adapted Community Breakouts
    • + more
  3. Networking Opportunities:
    Connect with industry experts, fellow professionals, and community leaders to share insights and best practices in the ever-evolving field of wildfire management.
  4. Keynote Speakers:
    Get inspired with thought-provoking keynotes from leaders in the wildfire management community.
  5. Exhibit Hall:
    Discover the latest technologies, tools, and resources in the Exhibit Hall to enhance your approach to wildfire response and prevention.


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