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whom lived alone, may not have believed the warnings, if
they received a warning at all, and were unable to selfrescue. Paradise and other fire events have demonstrated
that older and disabled populations are often overlooked
in emergency planning, and that much more needs to be
done to understand how these people receive and act on
warnings.
While action at the individual level-including volunteer efforts such as NFPA's Firewise USA®-is key for
building community resilience and preparedness, leadership from all levels of government is essential in the effort
to create a larger public that is more informed about
wildfire and better prepared for a future with increased
wildfire activity. To reach all 70,000 communities at risk
from wildfire in the US, every state should increase its
efforts to educate and advise property owners, and they
should pursue partners to expand their reach and presence within communities.
The urgency is now.
T
he long list of recent destructive wildfires is a stark
reminder that the continued loss of life, property, and
local economic vitality is unacceptable. Solutions are regularly suggested from every quarter, but to truly solve the
wildfire problem will require a holistic approach-it is the
only way we will be able to outthink wildfire.
NFPA's ambitious call to eliminate the loss of communities from wildfire by 2050 is akin to the progressive
response to urban conflagrations in the 19th and 20th
centuries, a devastating problem that was addressed,
and solved, through a determined, long-term, holistic
approach. To address the challenge of wildfire, no stakeholder can wait until 2048. The residents at risk live in
this challenge now. Our natural landscapes need proper
management now. The resiliency of home construction
and composition to most effectively face wildfire risks
needs to be addressed now. Codes and standards designed
to strengthen local resiliency must be in use and enforced
now. We need to ensure that our local fire services are neither overburdened nor underprepared to meet the wildfire
challenge now.
And your involvement must begin now. Visit the Outthink Wildfire online resources to learn what role you can
play and how to begin creating a plan to achieve this goal
in your community. Make the loss of communities to wildfire a lesson of history, not a part of our future.
"
Paradise and other
fire events have
demonstrated that
older and disabled
populations are
often overlooked in
emergency planning,
and that much more
needs to be done to
understand how they
receive and act on
warnings.
"
MICHELE STEINBERG is director of the Wildfire Division at NFPA.
LUCIAN DEATON is a program manager in the Wildfire Division at NFPA.
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