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Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities are situated at the interface between human development and wildland fuel. In addition to their proximity to susceptible regions, routes of evacuation in WUIs are often limited, posing great risks to these communities in the event of a natural disaster. To begin the research herein, a Canadian WUI community in central Canada was selected as a case study to investigate assembly and evacuation patterns during a fire evacuation to illustrate the complexity of the situation and the current research needs required. First stage simulations of evacuations were performed in the traffic simulation software PTV VISSIM, which extracted useful data including evacuation times and related parameters. Results demonstrated that the predictive power of the software is limited by its ability to incorporate effects of human behaviour and the fire behaviour itself. Thus, extending these findings to include the need for evacuee behaviour and fire dynamics for the formation of a more complete strategic evacuation plans for communities at risk of wildfires.
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