'Wildfire Watch' column looks at the challenge of learning the lessons of wildfire in the new NFPA Journal

In the aftermath of the Black Forest Fire in June of 2013 near Colorado Springs, which resulted in the loss of 488 homes, a local newspaper, The Gazette, ran a series of articles finding fault in the response by county commissioners who both tabled wildfire code adoption and relaxed existing structural fire code requirements following the Black Forest Fire. Local officials claimed they made the decision to relax requirements on residential sprinklers to help homeowners better afford rebuilding. The “Wildfire Watch” column in the new January/February NFPA Journal looks at the issue of what happens in the aftermath of a...