Instructor: Debbie Carpenter

In terms of Community Risk Reduction, vulnerability is the likelihood that an individual or group will suffer harm or loss from a hazardous, situation, environment, or event. CRR specifically defines 5 types of vulnerability as they relate to hazards: Human, Social, Economic, Environmental, and Political. All Community Risk Reduction models use those vulnerability types to determine high-risk areas in a community, and who is at most risk from the hazards that exist. We can apply those vulnerability types to our own communities and personalize the risk that wildfire presents for different populations in our response areas. By doing so, we will raise community awareness of the dangers and long-term damages of wildfire, in turn helping our community members to embrace mitigation efforts and protection plans.