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Title:

Decision making tool for the evacuation of communities threatened by forests fires

Agreement Number:

FIRELFC-25

Agreement Value:

$227,145.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 13, 2021 - May 31, 2023

Description:

This project aims to develop tools to support decision-makers'planning and improve community preparedness for evacuations in the specific context of forest fires.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

The project will develop a model and methods that can be used to inform decision-makers on the best investment to make to invrease evacuation capacity or to define roads, destinations and modes of transport in case their comunity is threatened by wildland fire, thus building optimal evacuation networks.

Location:

MONTREAL, Quebec, CA H3T 2A7

Reference Number:

115-2022-2023-Q4-13571

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Academia

Additional Information:

Amendment: Duration of agreement / Award previously disclosed for the 3rd Quarter of 2021-2022. Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Amendment Date

Mar 23, 2023

Recipient's Operating Name:

École des hautes études commerciales

Recipient's Legal Name:

ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES COMMERCIALES

Program:

Wildland Fire Resilience

Program Purpose:

The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.

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