Structural Ignition and Wildfire Science Course    16 hrs.

• Understand how wildland-urban (WU) fire disasters occur.

• Understand how homes can ignite related to the Home Ignition Zone (HIZ)*.

• Identify factors that increase home ignition potential within the HIZ.

• Assess an existing home’s ignition potential.

• Recommend mitigations for reducing a home’s ignition potential.

• Understand why traditional fire responses have not significantly reduced home losses.

• Understand how research and observations have changed the understanding of home ignition during wildfires.

• Learn how the application of new knowledge and approaches can more effectively reduce the loss of homes during wildfires.