NIST Recommends Using Hazard Scale To Fight Fires

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A federal study has found that most homes destroyed by the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs were ignited by other burning homes.
A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology released Monday found that 48 homes destroyed in the Shadow Mountains subdivision were ignited directly by wildfire. The burning homes then created a “cascading” effect that destroyed 296 additional homes.
The study also found that overwhelmed firefi