Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

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SESSION 1 DETAILS

March 24 | Design Mitigations for Fire

Presented by: Erica Fischer, Ph.D., PE

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

Wildfires are growing in frequency, intensity, and geographic reach, placing increasing risk on buildings in wildland–urban interface (WUI) communities. This webinar explores design-based mitigation strategies that can significantly reduce wildfire exposure and improve post-fire resilience, grounded in data and lessons learned from recent wildfire events.

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Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

Pricing Options

Full Series — Click here to purchase.

$595 for members | $995 for nonmembers

Individual Webinars — See links below:

$250 for members | $300 for nonmembers

Please note: Each purchase is per office location. If your firm is remote, please review NCSEA's Webinar FAQs to ensure access for all users. This series is not part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.

SESSION 2 DETAILS

March 31 | Reconnaissance and Resilience: The 2025 Los Angeles Fires

Presented by: Emily Frazier, PE, Khalid Saifullah, Ph.D.

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires showed how quickly fires can escalate into catastrophic urban events, destroying thousands of structures in hours.This webinar presents findings from post-fire reconnaissance efforts led by the SEAOSC Disaster and Emergency Services Committee in collaboration with the Existing Building Committee and SEAOSC Board.

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Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

Pricing Options

Full Series — Click here to purchase.

$595 for members | $995 for nonmembers

Individual Webinars — See links below:

$250 for members | $300 for nonmembers

Please note: Each purchase is per office location. If your firm is remote, please review NCSEA's Webinar FAQs to ensure access for all users. This series is not part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.

SESSION 3 DETAILS

April 7 | Post-Fire Foundation Assessments: Practical Guidelines & Heat Transfer Analysis

Presented by: Garrett Mills, SE, Samantha Eng, PE

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

This webinar explores the practical application of the SEAOC Recommended Investigation and Design Guidelines for Foundations Exposed to Fire, released following the January 2025 wildfires. Using real-world case studies, the presentation will outline effective methodologies for post-fire foundation damage assessments, emphasizing visual inspections, non-destructive testing, and material sampling.

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Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

Pricing Options

Full Series — Click here to purchase.

$595 for members | $995 for nonmembers

Individual Webinars — See links below:

$250 for members | $300 for nonmembers

Please note: Each purchase is per office location. If your firm is remote, please review NCSEA's Webinar FAQs to ensure access for all users. This series is not part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.

SESSION 4 DETAILS

April 14 | Fire Engineering of Mass Timber Structures

Presented by: Parisa Nassiri, PE

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

Mass timber is rapidly gaining traction as a structural system, bringing new opportunities—and new fire design challenges—for engineers. This webinar provides a practical introduction to mass timber construction with a focused emphasis on fire-resistant design.

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Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

Pricing Options

Full Series — Click here to purchase.

$595 for members | $995 for nonmembers

Individual Webinars — See links below:

$250 for members | $300 for nonmembers

Please note: Each purchase is per office location. If your firm is remote, please review NCSEA's Webinar FAQs to ensure access for all users. This series is not part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.

SESSION 5 DETAILS

April 21 | On the Fire Line: Structures Pushed to the Extreme in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Presented by: Jon Glassman, Ph.D., PE, CRE, CSQE

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

Tradition and evolving hazards collide at the wildland-urban interface development, where civil engineers are forced to confront fire scenarios that challenge conventional design assumptions for both buildings and bridges. Taking an on-the-fire-line perspective, this webinar will offer practical insights that, when merged with current research, can guide resilient design of structures in an increasingly volatile fire environment.

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Urban wildfires are an escalating threat to the built environment, yet clear guidance for wildfire-resistant structural design remains limited. This concise, practice-focused webinar series equips structural engineers with practical design strategies, emerging research, and real-world insights to improve wildfire resilience—developed and presented by leading experts convened by NCSEA and SEAOC.

Pricing Options

Full Series — Click here to purchase.

$595 for members | $995 for nonmembers

Individual Webinars — See links below:

$250 for members | $300 for nonmembers

Please note: Each purchase is per office location. If your firm is remote, please review NCSEA's Webinar FAQs to ensure access for all users. This series is not part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.

SESSION 6 DETAILS

April 28 | Fire Engineering of Steel Structures

Presented by: Michael Drury, Ph.D., PE

1 hour | 1 PDH

12:00 — 1:00 p.m. CT

This webinar will outline key structural considerations for steel structures exposed to fire, including material behavior at elevated temperatures, load effects, and common fire protection strategies. The presentation will also introduce available resources, guidelines, and analysis tools that support structural fire design, helping engineers apply these concepts in practice and integrate fire considerations into resilient structural solutions.

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