The Austin Fire Department will update the Public Safety Commission on the state is the Wildland Urban Interface, as well as council-mandated wildfire metrics. WIldfire Division Geospacial Analyst Nate Casebeer said the Wildland Urban Interface is where structures and wildlands meet or intermix.
The plan will focus on what ifs, such as, what if a fire tore through a greenbelt and funneled its way into downtown?
671 homes and businesses are in this zone, and 647 miles of Austin is at risk.
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