Published Studies
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International Network
Globally, WCIR is learning from groups like the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), the Forest Fire Research Centre at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, and government bodies like the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, along with academic partnerships in countries such as Austria, Greece and Australia.
Check out these post-fire case studies from around the world, as well as a foundational review paper and methods paper.
Published Studies & Resources
- MacKinnon, Brandon, & Collins, Luke. (2025). Jasper wildfire, community impact research. FPInnovations Technical Report Series: WF TR 2025 n.04. 71 pages. https://library.fpinnovations.ca/link/fpipub11258
- Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). (2025). 2025 LA County Wildfires: Early Insights from Field Observations. IBHS Research Report. 2025-LAFires-EarlyFieldObservations.pdf
- Ribeiro LM, Rodrigues A, Luca D, Viegas DX. The impact on structures of the Pedrógão Grande Fire Complex in June 2017 (Portugal). 2020. Fire 3(57).
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/4/57 - Westhaver, A. 2017. Why some homes survived: Learning from the Fort McMurray wildland/urban interface fire disaster. Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Research Paper Series No. 66.
https://www.iclr.org/wp-content/uploads/PDFS/whysome-homes-survived-learning-from-the-fort-mcmurray-wildland-urban-interface-fire-disaster.pdf - Gaudet B, Simeoni A, Gwynne S, Kuligowski E, Benichou N. 2020. A review of post-incident studies for wildland-urban interface fires (Foundational review paper). Journal of Safety Science and Resilience. 1: 59-65.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666449620300104
Note: This paper includes a review of several case studies. - Westhaver A, Taylor S. 2020. Developing a method for conducting wildland/urban fire case study research (Foundational methods paper). Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Research Paper Series No. 66.
https://www.iclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ForestWise-ICLR-SCC-WUI-Fire-Case-Study-Research-November-2020.pdf - George S, O’Brien J, Hussein S, Van Leuwen JK. 2021. January 2020 NSW Bushfires Study. Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research, CRC, Melbourne, Australia.
https://www.naturalhazards.com.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/qrf21_jan_2020_nsw_final_report.pdf - Cohen, J.D. and Westhaver, A. 2022. An examination of the Lytton, British Columbia wildland-urban fire destruction. FireSmart BC.
https://firesmartbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/An-examination-of-the-Lytton-BC-wildland-urban-fire-destruction.pdf - Papathoma-Kohle M, Schlogl M, Garlichs C, Diakakis M, Mavroulis S, Fuchs S. 2022. A wildfire vulnerability index for buildings (Greece). Scientific Report 12, 6378.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10479-3 - Troy, A., Moghaddas, J., Schmidt, D., Romsos, J.S., Sapsis, D.B., Brewer, W. and Moody T. 2022. An analysis of factors influencing structure loss resulting from the 2018 Camp Fire (California). International Journal of Wildland Fire. 31(6): 586–598.
https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF21176 - IBHS. 2023. IBHS Early Insights: Lahaina Fire. Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety.
https://ibhs.org/wp-content/uploads/IBHSEarlyInsights-LahainaFire.pdf - FPInnovations. 2024. A Wildland-Urban Post-Fire Case Study: The Grouse Complex.
https://www.iclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Grouse-Complex-WU-Fires-N.pdf - Jasper Wildfire, Community Impact Research - Research Library - FPInnovations
https://library.fpinnovations.ca/link/fpipub11258 - 2025 LA County Wildfires: Early Insights from Field Observations
https://ibhs1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2025-LAFires-EarlyFieldObservations.pdf