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Wildfires can disrupt education systems by damaging schools, interrupting learning and affecting the wellbeing of students, teachers and communities.

Beyond physical damage, wildfire smoke, evacuations and displacement can create prolonged challenges for access to education and learning continuity, particularly for vulnerable groups. Explore the latest research, insights and resources on the impacts of wildfires on education and the measures needed to build safer, more resilient learning environments.

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A man overlooks a wildfire visible from San Francisco under a hazy sky turned orange
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Loss during a disaster goes beyond what’s visible. Returning to normalcy means more than rebuilding schools and educational spaces. Los Angeles-area schools will have to address some key themes of loss as they recover from the fires.

Conversation Media Group, the
Educational materials

The Porto City Hall, trough its Serviço Municipal de Proteção Civil do Município do Porto (Municipal Civil Protection Service) provides online information in Portuguese concerning preventive protection measures

Serviço Municipal de Protecção Civil (SMPC) da Amadora
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Wildfire season is here, with several blazes already burning across the country. Climate change is increasing their frequency and intensity, and experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities. But some are trying a new approach - a board game.

NPR
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Alberta’s wildfires invite policymakers to recognize that given our global climate emergency, classrooms ought to be places to host “complicated conversations.”

Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

This study examines the relationship between disaster knowledge and student preparedness in dealing with forest fire disasters. Knowledge and preparedness are interrelated with each other.

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
Wildfire and dark clouds approaching Hollywood City
Research briefs

Pollution from wildfires is linked to lower test scores and possibly lower future earnings for kids growing up with more smoke days at school, a new study finds.

Stanford University
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Documents and publications

Starting from the unexplored level of the fire safety of citizens in Serbia, this paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding a fire safety behavior model for residential buildings in Serbia.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Coverpage of "Wildfire impacts on education and healthcare: Paradise, California, after the Camp Fire"
Documents and publications

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative case study about disaster impacts and disparities, interdependencies, and recovery strategies of schools and hospitals in Paradise.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
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