To live at the closest of the Mediterranean forest to enjoy the benefits of Nature: an idea that reaches more and more city-dwellers... but it comes with its own set of risks. In south-eastern France, almost half of the total fire ignitions occurs in the areas where housing intermingles with wildland. In these areas, called wildland-urban interfaces, the fire risk is high, especially in summer because of the weather conditions conducive to fire and of the higher population density, most fires being human-caused. Moreover, the flammable vegetation surrounding housing makes the situation worse, forming a fuel continuity that allows the fire propagation from the forest to housing. With the on-going global change, the forest fire issue needs to be tackled with a higher efficiency than ever in order to strongly mitigate the occurrence of destructive fire events in these areas.