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Wildfire safety standards for Montana

April 2023

A wildfire smolders around a house in the forest. Smoke rises above the charred landscape.

Statewide wildfire safety standards are proven and cost effective. Montana can adopt standards to help make communities safer from increasing wildfire risks.

Wood roofs are a $6 billion wildfire problem

July 2022

At least 1.2 million wood roofs are in areas with wildfire risk. Funding is needed to help communities prepare for wildfire.

Wildfires destroy thousands of structures each year

November 2020

Wildfire burns near a home in California

Explore the number of structures destroyed in each state by wildfire. Structures lost—rather than acres burned—provides a more complete measure of the broad impacts of wildfire.

Community resilience in the era of megafires

August 2020

Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D., demonstrates how community resilience to wildfire needs to include planning and adaptation strategies for homes and neighborhoods.

Communities threatened by wildfires, 2000-2019

July 2020

A wildfire burns over a ridge near a neighborhood.

From 2000-2019, nearly 2,000 U.S. communities were threatened by wildfires or potential ember spread, showing the need for adaptive planning strategies.

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