What can be done to limit the damage from wildfires, like the recent ones in Hawaii? In this episode of If Walls Could Talk, Publisher Jill Bloom talked with Trent Cotney, partner at Adams & Reese, about how to mitigate the spread of wildfires and what changes wildfires can cause to construction.
One change wildfires cause is adaptation of building codes, like the Wildland-Urban Interface standard, to limit future fire damage. “What you always have to take into account with WUI is the building materials you’re using,” Cotney says. “There have been standards in place since the great fire in Chicago 100+ years ago, but when you’re combining these outside forces, you really want to make sure you’re looking at this holistically.”