As rural areas of Kansas become more developed with homes, business and commercial properties, firefighters face new challenges to defend lives and property from wildfire.

Members of the Kansas Forest Service Wildland Fire Management Program bring years of first-hand experience suppressing wildfires that threaten lives and property in wildland urban interface areas. In this episode of the Kansas Forest Service Podcast, three members of the program discuss the expansion WUI across Kansas and how it has changed wildfire suppression tactics.

They also offer advice for homeowners to prepare your homes for wildfire. 

Learn more about the KFS Wilandland Fire Management Program at kansasforests.org/fire_management/.

Find guides and advance to prepare your home for wildfire kansasforests.org/fire_management/fireprevention.html.

When you work for the Kansas Forest Service in state that is known for wide open prairies, you get used to people saying – wait, you have trees in Kansas? Yeah, we have trees, but there is much more to the agency than trees. Kansas Forest Service staff are the roots that support the agency and provide service to all Kansans. In the first ever episode of the Kansas Forest Service Podcast, members of the staff explore the relevance of public service in their lives and how it relates to their passion for forestry and conservation. Learn more at KansasForests.org.