Protective actions in wildfires: Evacuate or shelter-in-place?

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-162

  Cova, Thomas J ^a   Drews, Frank A ^a   Siebeneck, Laura K ^a   Musters, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Fire hazards; Planning; Public safety

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EVACUATION; FIRE-PRONE AREA; PROTECTIVE ACTION; PUBLIC SAFETY; SHELTER-IN-PLACE; WATERBODIES; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

FIRE HAZARDS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

FIRES;

DECISION MAKING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350055204     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:4(151)     Document Type: Article

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