Advancing Wildfire Preparedness and Planning in Anchorage Wildfire Exposure and Egress Study
Funding: This project was funded by the State of Alaska with the help of Senator Joshua Revak. Also assisting in the garnering of funds were the Anchorage Fire Department, Anchorage Assembly Member John Weddleton, and Ky Holland of the Rabbit Creek Community Council. Supplementary funds were provide by U.S. National Science Foundation, Award No. 1927563: NNA: Arctic Urban Risks and Adaptations (AURA): a co-production framework for addressing multiple changing environmental hazards and the Alaska EPSCoR and the state of Alaska provided funds for this project (NSF award #OIA-OIA-1757348).
Acknowledgements: Thank you to our funders. I would also like to thank all those who contributed to this document and participated in productive discussions about wildfire and egress issues. This includes Anchorage residents (Sue Rodman, Joe Albrecht, Michelle Torres); Anchorage Municipality Departments (Office of Emergency Management, Fire Department, Police Department, Geographic Data and Information Center, Planning Department, and Parks and Recreation Department); Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; Alaska Department of Forestry; native village of Eklutna; Eklutna Inc.; and Campbell Tract Bureau of Land Management. Together we have provided a document that can help reduce wildfire vulnerability.
