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Public Perceptions of Fire and Smoke

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Should we leave now? Behavioral factors in evacuation under wildfire threat

Year of Publication
2019
Publication Type

Wildfires pose a serious threat to life in many countries. For police, fire and emergency services authorities in most jurisdictions in North America and Australia evacuation is now the option that is preferred overwhelmingly. Wildfire evacuation modeling can assist authorities in planning evacuation responses to future threats.

After the Fire Workshop: Connecting People, Ideas and Organizations

Year of Publication
2017
Publication Type

Fire adaptation is about more than pre-fire work. It’s also about considering the needs of a community and the land post-fire. In Washington State, the last several fire seasons have given communities lots of opportunities to learn about post-fire recovery.

Is seeing believing? Perceptions of wildfire risk over time

Year of Publication
2016
Publication Type

Ongoing challenges to understanding how hazard exposure and disaster experiences influence perceived risk lead us to ask: Is seeing believing? We approach risk perception by attending to two components of overall risk perception: perceived probability of an event occurring and perceived consequences if an event occurs.

Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world

Year of Publication
2016
Publication Type

Wildfire has been an important process affecting the Earth's surface and atmosphere for over 350 million years and human societies have coexisted with fire since their emergence. Yet many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem, with widely held perceptions both in the media and scientific papers of increasing fire occurrence, severity and resulting losses.