Abstract Considerable research has explored homeowner wildfire-mitigation efforts identifying many salient factors that help predict acceptance and behaviors. A growing body of literature is unlocking the dynamics of formal associations’ roles in promoting fire adapted communities. This mixed-method study adds to the research by using a planned behavior theoretical lens, to explore homeowner associations’ (HOAs’) role in resident wildfire mitigation. Through HOA key informant interviews and a survey study of a Western midsized city, our results show that HOAs have a significant impact by providing important information linkages and reducing barriers to completing home mitigation. Most importantly, HOAs act as a neighborhood champion, taking on time-consuming tasks involved in becoming and maintaining a Firewise USA® community status. Many non-HOA neighborhoods lack the capacity to take on such tasks limiting their access to benefits provided by the designation. We take these results and propose avenues to engaging non-HOA neighborhoods.

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缓解的社区：探索房主协会在居民野火缓解行动中的作用

摘要大量研究探索了房主减轻野火的努力，这些努力确定了许多有助于预测验收和行为的显着因素。越来越多的文学作品正在揭示正式协会在促进适应火灾的社区中所扮演角色的动态。这项混合方法的研究通过使用计划的行为理论来扩展研究，以探索房主协会（HOA）在居民野火缓解中的作用。通过HOA关键线人访谈和对西部中型城市的调查研究，我们的结果表明，HOA通过提供重要的信息链接并减少完成家庭缓解的障碍而产生了重大影响。最重要的是，HOA扮演着社区拥护者的角色，承担着成为和维持FirewiseUSA®社区地位所涉及的耗时任务。许多非HOA社区缺乏执行此类任务的能力，从而限制了他们获得指定提供的利益的机会。我们采用这些结果，并提出了参与非HOA社区的途径。