Preparedness and Experiences of Evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray Horse River Wildfire

• Published in: Fire
• Main Author: Tara K. McGee
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: wildfire; evacuation; preparedness; risk perception; social cues; environmental cues; warning; traffic; host communities; accommodation; help; support; Fort McMurray; Horse River; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2010013

The 2016 Fort McMurray Horse River Wildfire that caused the evacuation of more than 88,000 residents from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), Alberta is the largest wildfire evacuation in Canadian history. This paper presents results of an online survey of 447 evacuees in June when som...