Critical infrastructure fails during wildfires
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Wildfire can disable water, power, telecommunications, health facilities and transport exactly when communities and responders depend on them most.
#00297Harden water, electricity and telecommunications systems
Redesign exposed critical networks and components to keep essential services operating through plausible wildfire heat, smoke, debris and outage conditions.
#00298Provide backup pumping, communications and emergency power
Install and test independent power, water pumping and communications that can operate when grid and network services fail during wildfire.
#00299Make hospitals, shelters and transport systems fire-safe
Assess and retrofit essential public facilities and evacuation transport so they remain defendable, accessible and functional during wildfire emergencies.