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Wildfire communication from municipalities to communities in Portugal: An explo...
Correia, Fernando; Leone, Vittorio; Coughlan, Michael; Paton, Douglas; Buergelt, Petra T.; Tedim, FantinaEnhancing preparedness that enables people and communities to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impacts of a wildfire requires interactive communication. The purpose of this research is to understand how municipalities are communicating with communities regarding wildfires. Municipalities represent the lowest level of governance in Portugal and their responsibility for wildfire risk commu...
Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts
Tedim, Fantina; Leone, Vittorio; Amraoui, Malik; Bouillon, Christophe; Coughlan, Michael; Delogu, Giuseppe; Fernandes, Paulo; Ferreira, CarmenEvery year worldwide some extraordinary wildfires occur, overwhelming suppression capabilities, causing substantial damages, and often resulting in fatalities. Given their increasing frequency, there is a debate about how to address these wildfires with significant social impacts, but there is no agreement upon terminology to describe them. The concept of extreme wildfire event (EWE) has emerged to bring some c...