Int. J. Emergency Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2014 153 Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Environmental factors that influence wildfire protective-action recommendations Frank A. Drews* Center for Natural & Technological Hazards, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA and Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 380 South 1530 East, Rm. 502, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA Fax: 801-581-5841 E-mail: frank.drews@psych.utah.edu *Corresponding author Adrian Musters L-3 Communications Systems West, 640 North 2200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA E-mail: adrian.musters@l-3com.com Laura K. Siebeneck Department of Public Administration, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA E-mail: Laura.Siebeneck@unt.edu Thomas J. Cova Center for Natural & Technological Hazards, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA and Department of Geography, University of Utah, USA E-mail: cova@geog.utah.edu Abstract: Each year wildfire incident commanders (ICs) manage thousands of events throughout the USA that often threaten life and property. In this task they make important decisions to protect both firefighters and citizens, usually