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class="offcanvas-body"><ul><li><a href="/wui/what-is-the-wui/">What is the WUI?</a></li><li><a href="/wui/training/">Training</a></li><li><a href="/wui/communities/">Fire-Adapted Communities</a></li><li><a href="/wui/outreach/">Outreach Materials</a></li><li><a href="/wui/healthy-landscapes/">Healthy Landscapes</a></li><li><a href="/wui/data/">Data</a></li><li><a href="/wui/research-technology/">Research and Technology</a></li><li><a href="/blog/wildfire-and-wui/">Wildfire & WUI Blog</a></li></ul></div></div></nav><main id="main"><div class="content pe-xl-5 pe-xxl-7" id="mainContent"><div class="text-center mb-5"><h1 class="balance-text mw-40 mx-auto">Wildfire and the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)</h1><ul id="shareBlock" class="list-inline my-4"><li class="list-inline-item mx-md-2">Share on:</li><li class="list-inline-item mx-md-2"><a href="https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Resources to help fire departments prepare for a WUI fire and to help communities become 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You may believe that you don't have a WUI problem, and that WUI fires only occur in western states, but more than <strong>60,000 communities</strong> in the United States are at risk for WUI fires. <span class="small">Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NASF-2021-Communities-At-Risk-Report.pdf">National Association of State Foresters <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></span></p><p class="my-4"><a class="fs-5" href="/wui/what-is-the-wui/">Learn about the WUI</a></p><h2>Featured resources</h2><div class="card"><div class="card-body p-lg-4"><div class="row justify-content-between"><div class="col-12 col-sm-7 mb-3 mb-sm-0"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-2">FIRE-ADAPTED COMMUNITIES</div><h3 class="my-3">Creating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan</h3><p>The form-fillable templates in this guide help you to create an action plan for your community and document assets at risk, forest and landscape health issues, and key stakeholders. The guide is available in English and Spanish.</p><p><a class="fs-5" href="/wui/communities/assess-risk.html">Get the guide</a></p><p class="mb-0"><a href="/wui/communities/">Help your community to become fire adapted</a></p></div><div class="col-12 col-sm-4 col-xxl-3"><img src="/img/downloads/creating-a-cwpp-600w.webp" class="img-fluid border border-gray-500 p-1" alt="Creating a Community Wildfire Protection Plan guide"></div></div></div></div><div class="card border-0 bg-secondary text-white"><div class="card-body p-lg-4"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-2">OUTREACH MATERIALS</div><div class="row"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-12 col-xxl-6 mb-3"><h3 class="my-3"><a class="text-white" href="/gallery/wildfire.html">Be a wildfire safety recreation enthusiast</a></h3><p>Use these social media cards to share important messages about practicing wildfire safety while taking part in outdoor activities this summer.</p><p class="mb-0"><a class="text-reset text-underline fs-5" 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href="/wui/training/">Explore more training opportunities</a></p></div></div></div></div><h2 class="mt-5">Wildfire and WUI blog</h2><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-3"><div class="card border-0"><a href="/blog/phase-3-report-on-lahaina-fire-released/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="ratio ratio-2x1 overflow-hidden"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/img/photos/lahaina-fire-aftermath-600w.webp 600w" sizes="(min-width: 600px) 100vw, 100vw"><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/img/photos/lahaina-fire-aftermath-600w.jpg 600w" sizes="(min-width: 600px) 100vw, 100vw"><img src="/img/photos/lahaina-fire-aftermath-600w.jpg" width="600" height="300" class="img-fluid" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></picture></div></a><div class="card-body px-0"><h3 class="h5 balance-text"><a href="/blog/phase-3-report-on-lahaina-fire-released/">Phase 3 report on Lahaina fire released</a></h3><p>Read the latest report that details 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