The True Cost of Wildfires in the Western U.S.

The millions of dollars spent to extinguish large wildfires are widely reported and used to underscore the severity of these events.  Extinguishing a large wildfire, however, accounts for only a fraction of the total costs associated with a wildfire event.  Residents in the wild land-urban interface (WUI) are generally seen as the most vulnerable to fire, but a fuller accounting of the costs of fire also reveals impacts to all Americans and gives a better picture of the losses incurred when our forests burn.

Read the full report: The True Cost of Wildfire in the U.S.