emergency response

The researchers examined the factors associated with initial wildfire awareness time, the evacuation preparation time, and the departure time for the Camp Fire to suggest new pathways for better understanding how to plan and prepare for no-notice disaster events.

The researchers use a post-disaster survey and decision tree methods to model agent movements, and explore individual scenarios inspired by the Camp Fire, simulating limited smartphone access, delays in awareness time, and reduced vehicle access. The researchers then combine these to produce “worst case” critical scenarios.

This report addresses wildfire evacuation behavior under a large-scale wildfire with inadequate warning.