Estimating wildfire evacuation decision and departure timing using large-scale GPS data

X Zhao, Y Xu, R Lovreglio, E Kuligowski… - … research part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, wildfires have created severe challenges for fire and emergency services and
communities in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). To reduce wildfire risk and enhance the …

Review of California wildfire evacuations from 2017 to 2019

SD Wong, JC Broader, SA Shaheen - 2020 - escholarship.org
Between 2017 and 2019, California experienced a series of devastating wildfires that
together led over one million people to be ordered to evacuate. Due to the speed of many of …

Review of Research on Human Behavior in Large Outdoor Fires

N Elhami-Khorasani, M Kinateder, V Lemiale… - Fire Technology, 2023 - Springer
Large outdoor fires such as wildfires, wildland urban interface (WUI) fires, urban fires, and
informal settlement fires have received increased attention in recent years. In order to …

Wildfire evacuation patterns and syndromes across Canada's forested regions

AJ Tepley, MA Parisien, X Wang, JA Oliver… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human exposure to wildfire is increasing in many regions globally—a trend likely to
continue as climate change drives increases in wildfire activity and human populations …

Understanding California wildfire evacuee behavior and joint choice making

SD Wong, JC Broader, JL Walker, SA Shaheen - Transportation, 2023 - Springer
For evacuations, people must make the critical decision to evacuate or stay followed by a
multi-dimensional choice composed of concurrent decisions of their departure time …

Wildfire evacuation decision modeling using GPS data

A Wu, X Yan, E Kuligowski, R Lovreglio… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The threat of wildfires is increasing at an alarming rate due to climate change and the
expansion of the wildland–urban interface. It is critical to improve understanding of people's …

Wildfire as an increasingly common natural disaster facing Canada: understanding the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire

AA Mamuji, JL Rozdilsky - Natural Hazards, 2019 - Springer
Abstract On May 3, 2016, a wildfire swept into the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. This natural
disaster was significant in both its scale and impact, as the fire prompted a sudden onset …

A Focused Review on Wildfire Evacuation and Infrastructure Resilience in Canada: Trends and Insights (2013–2023)

N Karimi - Fire, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review paper investigates the landscape of wildfire-related studies with a focus on
infrastructure and evacuations across Canadian provinces, revealing a predominant focus …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling electric vehicle charging network capacity and performance during short-notice evacuations

CD MacDonald, L Kattan, D Layzell - International journal of disaster risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electric vehicles (EVs) may add new challenges during mass evacuations. Understanding
the magnitude of the impacts EVs may have during the pre-departure stage of mass …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation pipeline for traffic evacuation in urban areas and emergency traffic management policy improvements through case studies

Y Chen, SY Shafi, Y Chen - Transportation research interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traffic evacuation plays a critical role in saving lives in devastating disasters such as
hurricanes, wildfires, floods, etc. An ability to evaluate evacuation plans in advance for these …