Patricia A. Champ Suzanne Wittenbrink Paul Cada Hannah Brenkert-Smith James R. Meldrum Christopher M. Barth Carolyn Wagner Chiara Forrester Julia Goolsby Colleen Donovan 2025 <p><span>Community wildfire readiness includes homeowner wildfire risk mitigation and wildfire evacuation preparedness. This report presents results from a household survey distributed to 725 households in West Vail, Colorado in 2022. Results indicate that West Vail survey respondents may not fully understand the risk of damage or property loss due to a wildfire and may benefit from further information about wildfire risk contributors - in general and specific to their property - as well as evacuation preparedness information. Among common sources of wildfire risk information, respondents rated Vail Fire &amp; Emergency Services as the most useful source. Most residents support wildfire risk reduction strategies on nearby public lands.</span></p> application/pdf 10.2737/RMRS-RN-106 en USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Living with wildfire in West Vail, Eagle County, Colorado: 2022 data report reports