{"id":1951,"date":"2020-10-29T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2020-10-29T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:34:38","slug":"how-building-codes-minimize-wildfire-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/how-building-codes-minimize-wildfire-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"How Building Codes Minimize WildFire Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What type of building codes are being touted as minimizing wildfire losses? International Code Council&#8217;s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/codes.iccsafe.org\/content\/IWUIC2018\/effective-use-of-the-international-wildland-urban-interface-code\" target=\"_blank\">International Wildland Urban Interface Code<\/a> that includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ignition-resistant building materials<\/li><li>screens to prevent embers from penetrating into eaves and under foundations<\/li><li>creating and maintaining defensible space<\/li><li>fire-service access to structures and water supplies<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where is this being considered or adopted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Austin, TX adopted the code<\/li><li>Oregon Gov. Kate Brown&#8217;s Council on Wildfire Response recommended statewide IWUIC adoption, legislation is pending<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/community\/How-Better-Building-Codes-Can-Mitigate-Wildfires-Devastation.html?utm_term=How%20Better%20Building%20Codes%20Can%20Mitigate%20Wildfires%5Cu2019%20Devastation&amp;utm_campaign=Have%20Protests%20Hurt%20the%20Re-Election%20Chances%20of%20Two%20Mayors&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email\">Governing | How Better Building Codes Can Mitigate Wildfires\u2019 Devastation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What type of building codes are being touted as minimizing wildfire losses? International Code Council&#8217;s\u00a0International Wildland Urban Interface Code that includes: ignition-resistant building materials screens to prevent embers from penetrating into eaves and under foundations creating and maintaining defensible space fire-service access to structures and water supplies Where is this being considered or adopted? Austin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}