Fire and Our Future

Results from RAND Workshop on Envisioning Interactions with the Built Environment, Utilities, and Health Systems in 2075

Jay Balagna, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Chandra Garber, Val Kostelnik, Elizabeth Cavasso, Jane Darnell, Maggie Hieber, Katie Lighthall, Viviana Mercado

Expert InsightsPublished Sep 30, 2025

Researchers from RAND and outside partners brought together big-picture, future-focused thinkers and influencers to understand the broad future of wildland fire and how seemingly disparate parts of society might interact with it. More specifically, the workshop was intended to consider the future of three systems: utilities, health and health care, and the built environment in the face of increasingly frequent and harmful wildfires.

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Balagna, Jay, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Chandra Garber, Val Kostelnik, Elizabeth Cavasso, Jane Darnell, Maggie Hieber, Katie Lighthall, and Viviana Mercado, Fire and Our Future: Results from RAND Workshop on Envisioning Interactions with the Built Environment, Utilities, and Health Systems in 2075. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CFA4285-1.html.
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