Investigating Structural and Human Factors of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires

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dc.contributor.advisorGales, John A.
dc.contributor.authorCarton, Hannah Li Er
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T14:33:01Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T14:33:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-08
dc.date.updated2023-12-08T14:33:00Z
dc.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMASc - Master of Applied Science
dc.description.abstractWildfires are increasing in number and severity due to multiple factors including climate change and increased interactions between people and the wildland. This thesis investigates structural and human factors of wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires with the goal of informing the design and creation of wildfire resilient communities. A review of building survival post-wildfires found that there are many structural and landscape factors that contribute to building survival, which are impacted by thevwildfire behaviour. There is a lack of post-wildfire data collection and data from diverse types of building performance in Canada. An ignition study of Eastern white cedar shingles found that increasing moisture content delays ignition. Video analysis of vehicular evacuations from the 2016 Fort McMurray Fire observed unusual traffic behaviour such as lane reversals, driving outside of marked lanes and bandwagon behaviour from other evacuees, which should be taken into account during evacuation planning.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41671
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCivil engineering
dc.subject.keywordsWildfires
dc.subject.keywordsWildland-urban interface
dc.subject.keywordsBuilding survival
dc.subject.keywordsCone calorimeter
dc.subject.keywordsIgnition
dc.subject.keywordsEvacuation
dc.subject.keywordsHuman behaviour
dc.subject.keywordsTraffic behaviour
dc.titleInvestigating Structural and Human Factors of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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