January 14, 2025

This is v1 of an evacuation order database that contains information on evacuation orders associated with wildfires among fires >= 75 acres in California 2000-2020.



Variable definitions:

f_name: fire name
f_id_loc: local fire id (ie specific to this database)
f_id_cf: Cal Fire fire id (INC_NUM variable in Cal Fire data: https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-resource-assessment-program/fire-perimeters)
e_id: evacuation order id (goes from 1:n for each fire)
e_type: evacuation order type (voluntary/warning/mandatory)
e_st: date of evacuation order start
e_end: date of evacuation order end (if available). 
e_lastkn: when date of evacuation order end is not available this column indicates the last known date the evacuation order was still active
e_desc: text description of evacuation order
e_notes: other notes about the evacuation order database
e_sptype: evacuation information spatial type (1 = map was issued with evacuation order, 2 = neighborhood name(s) were mentioned, 3 = specific landmarks were used as reference, 4 = other)
e_link: link to website with evacuation information
e_link_oth: link to other relevant information about evacuations