Communities cannot evacuate or shelter safely during wildfires
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Warnings, road capacity, refuge options and assistance often fail to match fast-moving fires, leaving residents, visitors and vulnerable people unable to reach safety in time.
#00319Use redundant wildfire alerts across multiple channels
Send consistent warnings through mobile, radio, sirens, broadcast and trusted local networks so one technical failure does not silence the alert.
#00318Create community-specific wildfire evacuation plans and exercises
Define zones, triggers, routes, responsibilities and assistance for each community, then test them through realistic exercises and public education.
#00317Model wildfire evacuation and road capacity
Simulate departure timing, traffic, fire spread, road failure and assisted evacuation to identify scenarios in which current routes cannot reach safety.
#00320Provide defendable community refuges where evacuation may fail
Designate, harden and operate places that can protect people when route capacity, fire movement or remoteness makes timely evacuation impossible.
#00321Plan wildfire safety for tourists, care homes, hospitals and disabled people
Provide transport, assistance, accessible warnings and continuity of care for people who cannot use ordinary self-evacuation assumptions.