FIREBREAK - Wildfire Resilience Strategies for Real Estate

WILDFIRE SEASON began early, and by September, 100 large wildfires burned in 12 states.1 These wildfires—as well as the catastrophic events of 2017 and 2018—are remarkable in the scale of their destruction and because many of the fires occurred in or near developed areas.2 Climate change is leading to more frequent and catastrophic wildfires, and the real estate and land use industry can help mana. [...] For example, Likewise, the increasing likelihood of and The occurrence of wildfires, the scale of their urban centers rely on the water and energy escalating damages from wildfires creates consequences, and how they have changed in infrastructure located in wildfire-risk areas and tremendous economic pressure and risk for the recent decades are directly related to current city dwellers often suffe. [...] As longer and more intense fire areas, especially at the state and local level, are trying to balance the seasons become the new normal, repetitive losses, insurance shifts, and growing costs of managing wildfires and increasing risks to people and population displacement could also lead to long-term changes in regional infrastructure while preserving the community identity and economic economies. [...] wildfires, San Francisco, Some of the most common and impactful Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, For building owners and property managers, health effects of wildfires include direct fire each periodically had the wildfire smoke can endanger staff and tenants, fatalities and injuries, mental and emotional cause physical damage to property, and be a worst air quality in the world. [...] because of the immediate threat of fire to the structures, evacuation challenges with a less-than-mo- bile community, and also the impact of the fires in the region every summer in terms of air quality.” Governments also are interested in scaling up emerging energy technologies to enhance wildfire resilience, reduce the frequency and impacts of de-energization, and meet their greenhouse-gas-emis-.