Is Experience the Best Teacher? Knowledge, Perceptions, and Awareness of Wildfire Risk.

ABSTRACT: Wildfires represent a natural phenomenon with detrimental effects on natural resources and human health. A better knowledge, perception, and awareness of wildfire risk may help communities at risk of exposure to prevent future events and safeguard their own lives. The aim of this study is to explore differences between individuals with and without previous wildfire experience, in terms of (1) subjective and advanced wildfire knowledge, (2) self-reported perceptions, (3) level of information, (4) self-protection measures, and (5) importance of community involvement. As a second step, we investigated differences in the same variables, focusing more deeply on a group of individuals with previous wildfire experience, classifying them according to fire-related employment (fire-related workers v

SUBMITTER: Spano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature