Safety enhancement in extreme wildfire events

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2020

Authors

Tedim, Fantina (Author) FLUP; Leone, Vittorio (Author) Other; McCaffrey, Sarah M. (Author) Other; McGee, Tara (Author) Other; Coughlan, Michael R. (Author) Other; Correia, Fernando J. M. (Author) FLUP; Magalhães, Catarina G. (Author) Other

Book

Title: Extreme wildfire events and disasters: root causes and new management strategies

Pages: 91-115

ISBN: 978-0-12-815721-3

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Social sciences > Geography

Other information

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815721-3.00005-9

Abstract (EN): Strategies for coping with normal wildfires are everywhere inadequate in the case of intense, fast-moving ones and much more in the face of extreme wildfire events (EWEs). After a detailed analysis of wildfires fatalities, the chapter proposes a new adaptive approach to cope with wildfires and possible actions to be undertaken before, during, and after a fire. The new approach is labeled BESAFE and synthesizes a holistic perspective in the actions to be undertaken by civilians and fire agencies in a collaborative way that can be easily adapted to the social and geographic context.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Published Date: 2nd December 2019 ; © Elsevier 2020