Research Areas

• Plant Flammability
  • Flammability Testing
• Monitoring Vegetation Conditions
  • Mapping Live Fuel Moisture
• Assessment and Fire Code Compliance
  • Hydrant Spacing
  • Structure-to-Hydrant Access
• Weather and Climate
  • Sundowner Winds in Coastal Santa Barbara
• Warning Systems and Evacuation
  • Evacuation Neighborhoods and Bottlenecks
• Public Health and Social Vulnerability
  • Cardiovascular Events And Wildfire Evacuation Orders
• Strategic Management and Mitigation
  • Prepositioning and Up Staffing Response Siting
  • Wildfire Resiliency Planning