A provisional conceptual model of human behavior in response to wildland-urban interface fires

LH Folk, ED Kuligowski, SMV Gwynne, JA Gales - Fire technology, 2019 - Springer
With more frequent and destructive wildfires occurring in the growing wildland-urban
interface (WUI), the ability to ensure the safe evacuation of potentially large groups of people …

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

SH Doerr, C Santín - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

Evacuation decision-making and behavior in wildfires: Past research, current challenges and a future research agenda

E Kuligowski - Fire Safety Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildfires are becoming more common around the world, and households are frequently
advised to evacuate when these fires threaten nearby communities. Effective evacuation …

The state of wildfire and bushfire science: Temporal trends, research divisions and knowledge gaps

M Haghani, E Kuligowski, A Rajabifard, CA Kolden - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Along with the increase in the frequency of disastrous wildfires and bushfires around the
world during the recent decades, scholarly research efforts have also intensified in this …

Predicting self-evacuation in Australian bushfire

KW Strahan, J Whittaker, J Handmer - Environmental Hazards, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Australian bushfire safety policy does not require mandatory evacuation from bushfire as
practiced in North America and other jurisdictions. Australian householders confronted with …

The protective action decision model: When householders choose their protective response to wildfire

K Strahan, SJ Watson - Journal of Risk Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Confronted with an imminent bushfire threat, Australian householders can respond by
evacuating, waiting to see what the bushfire does before deciding, or remaining to defend …

[HTML][HTML] Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the US?

D Li, TJ Cova, PE Dennison, N Wan, QC Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to advance understanding of the value of national address point
databases in improving wildfire public safety in the US The paper begins with a review of the …

The dilemma of wildfire definition: What it reveals and what it implies

F Tedim, V Leone - Frontiers in forests and global change, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents the results of an explorative survey, based on a questionnaire sent by
email, about how wildfire experts, operating in different countries, perceive wildfire and …

Incentives and Barriers to Homeowners' Uptake of FireSmart® Canada's Recommended Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the City of Fort McMurray, Alberta

HW Asfaw, AC Christianson, DOT Watson - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the results of a survey that was undertaken to examine homeowners'
FireSmart mitigation practices and investigate existing incentives and barriers to uptake of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing infrastructure resilience in wildfire management to face extreme events: Insights from the Iberian Peninsula

E Arango, P Jiménez, M Nogal, HS Sousa… - Climate Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Factors such as human activity and climate change are contributing to an increase in the
frequency and intensity of wildfires. This problem has challenged society's knowledge …