Event Overview:

The IAFC's Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) conference offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fire. If you are one of the many people responsible for protecting local forests or educating landowners and your community about the importance of land management - then this is the conference for you.

Attendee Information:

2017 Education

The WUI conference is recognized as a high quality, in depth conference with cutting edge educational programs designed for professionals at all levels of experience. Led by industry experts, sessions and workshops are divided into three tracks:

    Fire Adapted Communities
    Operations and Suppression
    Wildland Fire Policy & Tools

WUI's comprehensive program also offers attendees the opportunity to attend NWCG courses and obtain Continuing Forestry Education (CFE) credits.

2017 Networking

With hundreds of the most influential people in wildland firefighting, forestry, land use and community planning all in one place, you are guaranteed to expand your network! WUI is more than just a wildland conference. The educational sessions, hands-on exercises, and exhibit floor all offer numerous opportunities to share ideas and connect with other industry colleagues.

Exhibitor Information:

Connect With Your Customers
Face-to-face marketing is still one of the best tools you have to reach and influence customers. WUI offers you the opportunity to connect with the leading chiefs and officers who make, approve, influence and recommend purchases for their departments.

Why WUI?
Partner with WUI to cultivate relationships with the world's largest gathering of wildfire service professionals to build your brand and deliver end-to-end solutions. WUI is the ONLY national fire service conference that offers all of this and reinvests the revenue back into the fire service!

About IAFC:

The International Association of Fire Chiefs represents the leadership of firefighters and emergency responders worldwide; our members are the world's leading experts in firefighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search and rescue, and public safety policy. Since 1873, the IAFC has provided a forum for fire and emergency service leaders to exchange ideas, develop professionally and uncover the latest products and services available to first responders.