Across the globe, we are seeing how wildfire as a climate hazard can and increasingly continues to have devastating impacts on the built environment. This session will introduce and assess the science and studies around wildfires and their interaction with the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Through wildfire case studies and laboratory analyses, a body of science has emerged with prescriptive measures that this session will survey. In line with wildfire science, the Kauaʻi Planning Department recently introduced the State’s first Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) ordinance aimed at Kauaʻi’s historic plantation camps. This session will review wildfire science and the built environment, and it will go over Kauaʻi’s draft ordinance’s specific measures concerning wildfire home hardening, defensible space, and resilient vegetation. The session will also go over the mechanics of incorporating the draft WUI into zoning code as well as into the Form Based Codes (FBCs) for the respective camps.