Wildfires
What evacuation orders actually mean, the difference between flame and smoke risk, and the country specific apps that issue real time alerts.
- Live13 min readHow to survive a wildfire while travelling
The PG&E watch-vs-warning ladder, going-out-the-door logistics, why smoke kills more people than flame, and when to shelter in place.
Sources: CAL FIRE · USDA Forest Service · NFPA · Australian RFS · IFRCOpen the guide → - Live12 min readSmoke days: when to leave a city
AQI 300 is when healthy adults' lung function measurably drops within hours. The 24 hour decision tree for travellers in smoke-affected destinations.
Sources: EPA AirNow · WHO · CDC · Health Canada · CARBOpen the guide →
Every claim in a Safe Trip survival guide cites a source you can re-verify. We start from primary agency guidance (USGS, NOAA, FEMA, WHO, CDC, IFRC, country-level alert services), supplemented by peer-reviewed literature where the agency record is incomplete. Travel-blog content is never used as a source.
/sources lists every dataset feeding our country scores; /methodology describes how scores are computed.