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Integrating Traffic Network Analysis and Communication Network Analysis at a Regional Scale to Support More Efficient Evacuation in Response to a Wildfire Event

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  • Soga, Kenichi
  • Comfort, Louise
  • Zhao, Bingyu
  • Lorusso, Paola
  • Soysal, Sena

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As demonstrated by the Camp Fire evacuation, communications (city-to-city, city-to-residents) play important roles in coordinating traffic operations and safeguarding region-wide evacuation processes in wildfire events. This collaborative report across multiple domains (fire, communication and traffic), documents a series of simulations and findings of the wildfire evacuation process for resource-strapped towns in Northern California. It consists of: (1) meteorological and vegetation-status dependent fire spread simulation (cellular automata model); (2) agency-level and agency-to-residents communication simulation (system dynamics model); and (3) dynamic traffic assignment (spatial-queue model). Two case studies are conducted: one for the town of Paradise (and the surrounding areas) and another for the community of Bolinas. The data and models are based on site visits and interviews with local agencies and residents. The integrated simulation framework is used to assess the interdependencies among the natural environment, the evacuation traffic and the communication networks from an interdisciplinary point of view, to determine the performance requirements to ensure viable evacuation strategies under urgent, dynamic wildfire conditions. The case study simulations identify both potential traffic and communication bottlenecks. This research supports integrating fire, communication and traffic simulation into evacuation performance assessments.

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  • Soga, Kenichi & Comfort, Louise & Zhao, Bingyu & Lorusso, Paola & Soysal, Sena, 2021. "Integrating Traffic Network Analysis and Communication Network Analysis at a Regional Scale to Support More Efficient Evacuation in Response to a Wildfire Event," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt1z913878, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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    Engineering; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Wildfires; evacuation; communications; simulation; traffic simulation; mathematical models; hazards and emergency operations; case studies;
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