As hotter and drier weather from climate change increases the risk of wildfires and urban sprawl exposes more communities to potential fire disasters, all citizens should know the risks and understand the simple actions they can take to make themselves and their neighbors less vulnerable to wildfires.

By 2100, sea level rise is likely to threaten thousands of hazardous facilities along America’s coastlines. 80% of these facilities are concentrated in just 7 states. Choosing to ignore this could potentially endanger millions of people unless we choose to do something about it.

Learn about the nature-based, engineering-oriented, and policy-focused strategies used to protect coastal areas from disasters like flooding, storm surges, erosion, tsunamis, and more.

In rural areas, vast distances and lack of resources can make disaster response and recovery more challenging. Learn how geography, population, and resources impact emergency management in rural places.

In an urban setting, interdependencies between complex infrastructure and utility systems can profoundly complicate response and recovery operations. Learn how geography, population, and resources impact emergency management in urban places.

Climate change is often cited as a key contributing factor to the rise in costly disasters over the past 40+ years, but less widely discussed is the role urban sprawl has to play. Learn how sprawl development increases the impact of disasters and how we can reduce our vulnerability.