NIST WUI FIRE DAYS 2022
The NIST WUI Fire Group hosted their most recent WUI Fire Days through the month of July 2022. The event was virtual for the first time and occurred over four consecutive Wednesdays. The event provided NIST the opportunity to share current research with a large, diverse audience dedicated to protecting people and structures from WUI fires.
This year, in addition to work by NIST researchers, participants from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and the US Forest Service presented aspects of ongoing collaborative work on the Structure Separation Experiments (SSE).
The fourth session included presentations from the four active WUI fire-related research projects being conducted by academic partners funded through NIST’s Fire Research Grants Program.
Thank you to this year’s presenters, audience, and IT support staff for making WUI Fire Days a success. Content from the NIST WUI Fire Days can be found below.
DAY 1: JULY 6, 2022 | Report | Slides | Recording | Start | Session |
Opening Remarks | | view | watch | 0:00:00 | 1.0 |
Camp Fire Case Study Overview | | view | watch | 0:19:35 | 1.1 |
Camp Fire Case Study — Fire Progression Timeline | TN 2135 | view | watch | 0:34:46 | 1.2 |
Q&A | | | watch | 1:37:34 | |
Update on Camp Fire Notification, Evacuation, Traffic, Temporary Refuge Area (NETTRA) Report | TN 2252 | view | watch | 1:43:09 | 1.3 |
WUI Structure/Parcel/Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology (HMM) | TN 2205 | view | watch | 1:53:30 | 1.4 |
Q&A | | | watch | 3:03:30 | |
DAY 2: JULY 13, 2022 | Report | Slides | Recording | Start | Session |
SSE Phase 1 Overview | | view | watch | 0:00:00 | 2.0 |
NIST Indoor Experiments | | view | watch | 0:19:33 | 2.1 |
Update on NIST Outdoor Experiments | | view | watch | 0:58:46 | 2.2 |
Q&A | | | watch | 1:01:39 | |
IBHS Outdoor No Wind Experiments | | view | watch | 1:23:33 | 2.3 |
Update on IBHS Cold-Flow Measurements | | view | watch | 1:47:47 | 2.4 |
Q&A | | | watch | 1:55:17 | |
SSE Modeling | | | watch | 2:01:03 | 2.5 |
Experimental Design (Ambient Wind Effects) | | view | watch | 2:04:47 | 2.5.1 |
Model Validation (Wind and Heat Flux) | | view | watch | 2:17:23 | 2.5.2 |
Experimental Design (Eave Ignition) | | view | watch | 2:30:50 | 2.5.3 |
Structure Separation Distance Scoping | | view | watch | 2:47:17 | 2.5.4 |
Q&A | | | watch | 2:59:16 | |
SSE Phase 1 Summary | | view | watch | 3:08:53 | 2.6 |
DAY 3: JULY 20, 2022 | Report | Slides | Recording | Start | Session |
Parcel-level Hazard Mitigation Introduction | | view | watch | 0:00:00 | 3.0 |
NIST Fences Research and Findings | | view | watch | 0:14:35 | 3.1 |
Q&A | | | watch | 0:58:43 | |
NIST Emberometer Research | | view | watch | 1:04:43 | 3.2 |
2012 Waldo Canyon Fire (CO) Case Study | | view | watch | 1:34:58 | 3.3 |
HMM WUI Structure/Parcel/Community Design Considerations | | view | watch | 1:53:30 | 3.4 |
Q&A | | | watch | 2:09:03 | |
Closing Remarks | | | watch | 2:17:20 | 3.5 |
Q&A | | | watch | 2:41:00 | |
DAY 4: JULY 27, 2022 | Report | Slides | Recording | Start | Session |
Introduction | | view | watch | 0:00:00 | 4.0 |
Evacuation: WUI-NITY 3: Multi-method traffic movement data collection for WUI fire evacuation modeling Prof. Steve Gwynne, PhD Lund University | | view | watch | 0:05:43 | 4.1 |
Q&A | | | watch | 0:47:58 | |
Evacuation: Developing AI-Based Wildfire Evacuation Behavior (AI-WEB) model Prof. Xilei Zhao, PhD University of Florida | | view | watch | 0:58:22 | 4.2 |
Q&A | | | watch | 1:38:43 | |
Firebrand/Ember Generation: Measuring source terms of firebrand generation numbers for physics-based models Prof. David Blunck, PhD Oregon State University | | view | watch | 1:49:43 | 4.3 |
Q&A | | | watch | 2:44:18 | |
Firebrand/Ember Generation: Quantification of firebrand production from WUI fuels for model development Prof. Michael Gollner, PhD and Hadi Hajilou, PhD University of California, Berkeley | | view | watch | 2:47:20 | 4.4 |
Q&A | | | watch | 3:21:37 | |
Closing Remarks | | | watch | 3:25:53 | 4.5 |