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FRI-C02: Fire Infrastructure: Integrated, Comprehensive Solutions for Resiliency of Urban Communities

Friday, September 18, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW

Planning for urban wildfire must be considered as part of our broader adaptation to climate change. This session explores the expanded role that public and ecological infrastructure can play in wildfire preparedness and recovery, through neighborhood-scale, community-aligned strategies that mitigate risk, advance equitable outcomes, and guide development in wildfire-prone regions.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify neighborhood-scale design and land-use strategies that reduce wildfire risk by leveraging streets, public space, and conserved land as shared community-serving resilience infrastructure.
  • Evaluate how post-fire recovery efforts can be transformed into long-term preparedness frameworks through cross-agency design, policy coordination, and implementation.
  • Distinguish between parcel-based fire mitigation approaches and community-based, multi-scalar strategies that address evacuation, access, landscape management, and uneven recovery capacity.
  • Apply transferable principles from Southern California case studies to guide wildfire-resilient planning, conservation, and urban design in diverse fire-prone regions with varying governance, infrastructure, and resource conditions.