CCRM faculty are interested in the issue of wildfire management. Recent publications include a co-authored article by Marta Gonzalez on fire regimes:
Pais, C., Gonzalez-Olabarria, J. R., Elimbi Moudio, P., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González, M. C., & Shen, Z. J. M. (2023). Global scale coupling of pyromes and fire regimes. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 267.
Louise Comfort has also published recent work on wildfires that focuses in particular on evacuation strategies:
Li, P., Zhao, B., Soga, K., & Comfort, L. (2024). Exploring Wildfire Evacuation Strategies for Diverse Communities. Transportation Research Record, 03611981241242374.
Soga, K., Comfort, L., Li, P., Zhao, B., & Lorusso, P. (2024). Testing Wildfire Evacuation Strategies and Coordination Plans for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Communities in California.
Hardy, K., & Comfort, L. K. (2015). Dynamic decision processes in complex, high-risk operations: The Yarnell Hill Fire, June 30, 2013. Safety science, 71, 39-47.