Egress thresholds and wildfire fatalities

This is the first of many webinars put on by the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke Working Group. Learn more about the series and get the join link (opens in new tab).

Presenter: Caitlin Fong, UC Santa Barbara

Summary: A nationwide analysis of wildfire fatalities reveals that risk is heavily concentrated in communities with severely restricted evacuation routes, highlighting a critical infrastructure vulnerability that threatens millions of residents.