Counting the hidden costs of wildfire

The metrics that reveal the human cost of a wildfire season

Calculations should include health effects and socioeconomic costs, researchers say

Counting the hidden costs of wildfire

A wildfire can damage a community without burning a single building. During a prolonged smoke event, emergency room visits may rise for both respiratory and mental health conditions. Outdoor work can stop. Parents may miss shifts to care for children. Tourism and restaurant revenues can fall. Workers who cannot afford to lose a week’s pay may experience consequences that last well beyond the event itself. Those are the kinds of costs Dr. Soodeh …

Thompson Rivers University - Counting the hidden costs of wildfire

A wildfire can damage a community without burning a single building.During a prolonged smoke event, emergency room visits may rise for both respiratory and mental health conditions. Outdoor work c. . .