The draft guidance on these pages has been produced by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) to support housing professionals, and the organisations they work for, to understand and take action to manage and mitigate the risks posed by wildfires to their homes and residents.
The guidance is structured into six parts below, covering,
- An introduction to wildfires and the guidance
- Understanding wildfires and their causes
- Understanding wildfire data and risk
- Working in partnership with local actors to reduce wildfire risk
- Strategic asset management and wildfires
- Supporting residents with wildfires.
CIH is publishing the guidance in draft form to give our members, and any other stakeholder with an interest or expertise in wildfires, an opportunity to provide feedback.
We are particularly interested in feedback from CIH members on the content and useability of the guidance, and how you think it could be improved to better support your work.
We are also interested in feedback from experts in any other relevant profession, such as professionals and organisations involved in resilience, emergency planning and response (e.g. fire and rescue services), or land management.
Please send any feedback you have on this guidance to policyandpractice@cih.org by 5pm, Friday 11 September. If you would like to request a meeting with CIH’s policy team to discuss any aspect of the guidance, please contact this email address to request a call.
This draft guidance has benefited from the support of several organisations and individuals to date. CIH would especially like to thank Andy Frankum, Charlotte Rogers, Rob Gazzard, Rob Stacey, James Adam, and members of the Northumberland Wildfire Group and England and Wales Wildfire Forum for their encouragement and input.
However, the full responsibility for the content of this guidance rests with CIH, and the assistance provided to CIH by the aforementioned individuals and organisations should not be interpreted as an endorsement.
