Experts urge retaining WUI protections in rebuilds; NFPA warns against rebuilding same vulnerabilities
The National Fire Protection Association and several council members urged the SBCC to preserve wildland‑urban interface (WUI) protections during rebuilds, arguing that relaxing WUI standards risks recreating the same exposure that led to widespread loss.
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Speakers emphasized that resilience measures tied to the wildland‑urban interface (WUI) are a central concern when rebuilding after fire events. Greg Rogers, regional director for the National Fire Protection Association, said jurisdictions that waived WUI requirements after fires in some cases later wished they had preserved those measures: "They didn't want to roll back the requirements from the wildland interface code, because they felt like they didn't want to build back the same problem that had occurred there."
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