RAPID/Collaborative Research: Integrated Sociotechnical Investigations of the Compounding Impacts of Maui Wildfires fueled by Hurricane Dora

这个快速反应研究补助金(RAPID)项目收集短暂的数据，以更好地了解毛伊岛野火和飓风朵拉的复合影响，并揭示受基础设施故障影响的居民和游客在行为反应方面的差异。它检查警告信息的来源、保护行动决策和个人层面的疏散后勤。同时，该项目捕捉了毛伊岛在停电和电力服务中断情况下灾害预警业务的运行状态。记录了每个系统的故障，以及相互连接的基础设施系统之间的级联影响。研究成果扩大了现有的关于预警和疏散的科学知识体系，同时在没有官方指导的情况下促进了对非正式网络和决策的了解。飓风助燃的毛伊岛快速蔓延的野火提供了一个独特的研究机会，在没有官方警告的情况下探索决策的复杂性。这次活动有三个独特的特点。首先，毛伊岛有很大比例的游客可能在警报接收、保护行动决策和疏散后勤方面表现出不同的模式。其次，该岛周围设置的80个警报器中，没有一个是针对野火威胁而启动的。它的缺席，加上手机和电力服务的中断，严重限制了及时获得官方警告的机会。第三，关键基础设施系统的连锁故障突出了它们之间的相互依存关系及其破坏性后果。该项目收集和分析居民和游客使用不同程度的警告信息做出的不同行为反应的多维数据，以及这些反应受到关键基础设施故障(即交通、电力和通信网络互操作性的损坏/中断)的影响的方式。丰富的数据集不仅支持未来的数字双核应用程序，还有助于加强网络和物理领域的应急管理。此外，该项目还参与并培训了多名夏威夷原住民学生进行数据收集和分析。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project collects ephemeral data to better understand the compounding impacts of Maui wildfires and Hurricane Dora and reveal the differences between residents and tourists in their behavioral responses as affected by infrastructure failures. It examines the sources of warning information, protective action decision-making, and evacuation logistics at the individual level. In the meantime, the project captures the operation states of disaster warning operations in Maui under the loss of cell and electric power services. Failures at each system are documented, as well as the cascading effect among inter-connected infrastructure systems. The research outcomes expand the existing body of scientific knowledge on warning and evacuation while advancing the understanding of informal networks and decision-making in the absence of official guidance. The hurricane-fueled fast-moving Maui wildfire offers a unique research opportunity to explore the intricacies of decision-making in the absence of official warnings. This event has three unique characteristics. First, Maui has a large percentage of tourists who may exhibit different patterns in warning reception, protective action decision-making, and evacuation logistics. Second, none of the 80 warning sirens placed around the island were activated in response to the wildfire threat. Its absence, coupled with the loss of cell phone and power services, severely limited access to timely official warnings. Third, the cascading failures of critical infrastructure systems highlighted the interdependencies among them and the devastating consequences. This project collects and analyzes multi-dimensional data on heterogeneous behavioral responses by residents and tourists with varying degrees of warning information, as well as the ways in which these responses were affected by critical infrastructure failures (i.e., damages/disruptions to transportation, power, and communication network interoperability). The rich datasets not only bolster future digital twin-empowered applications but also contribute to the enhancement of emergency management in cyber and physical domains. In addition, the project engages and trains multiple Native Hawaiian students in data collection and analysis.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.