Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics^* of the Sample.

Variable type	Variables	Overall
Sociodemographic	Age (Years) < 25 26–40 >40	119 (24.6%) 189 (39.0%) 176 (36.4%)
	Gender Male Female	162 (33.4%) 322 (66.5%)
	Employment status Employed Unemployed Student	313 (64.7%) 66 (13.6%) 105 (21.7%)
	Relationship status Married/cohabiting/partnered Single/separated/divorced/widowed	302 (63.7%) 172 (36.3%)
Living situation	Where respondents live after the fire Own home Renting or other accommodation	282 (58.4%) 201 (41.6%)
	Where respondents lived after the wildfire relative to where they lived before the wildfire Same home they lived in before the fire Different home although previous home was not destroyed by the fire Different home because previous home was destroyed by the fire	383 (79.3%) 51 (10.6%) 49 (10.1%)
Exposure to disaster	Where respondent was on the day of the evacuation At home At work/school/shops or running errands in town Out of town	222 (45.9%) 224 (46.3%) 38 (7.9%)
	Area of residence relative to destroyed properties 0–1.0 properties destroyed per kilometer square 1.1–50.0 properties destroyed per kilometer square 50.1–300.0 properties destroyed per kilometer square	107 (22.2%) 336 (69.6%) 40 (8.3%)
	Respondents witnessed burning of homes by the wildfires	331 (68.8%)
	Respondents were fearful for their lives or the lives of friends/family	388 (81.2%)
	How frequently did respondents watch television images about the devastation caused by the wildfires during the period of the evacuation Daily Less frequently than daily	424 (87.8%) 59 (12.2%)
	How frequently did respondents read newspaper and internet articles related to the devastation caused by the wildfires Daily Less frequently than daily	390 (80.4%) 95 (19.6%)
	Home was completely destroyed by the wildfire	53 (11%)
	Home suffered substantial smoke damage	51 (10.6%)
	Suffered no loss of property or business from the wildfire	234 (48.4%)
Clinical history	Respondent had a history of depressive disorder before the wildfire	52 (10.8%)
	Respondent had a history of anxiety disorder before the wildfire	69 (14.4%)
	Respondent had no history of mental health diagnosis before the wildfire	383 (79.8%)
	Respondents were on antidepressants before the wildfire	46 (9.6%)
	Respondents were on sleeping medication before the wildfire	19 (4.0%)
	Respondents were on mood stabilizers before the wildfire	14 (2.9%)
	Respondents were on no psychotropic medication before the wildfire	412 (85.8%)
Support	Received sufficient support from family and friends Yes, absolute support Yes, some support Yes, but only limited support Not at all	318 (65.8%) 112 (23.2%) 38 (7.9%) 15 (3.1%)
	Received sufficient support from the Red Cross Yes, absolute support Yes, some support Yes, but only limited support Not at all	219 (45.5%) 183 (38%) 68 (14.1%) 11 (2.3%)
	Received sufficient support from the government Yes, absolute support Yes, some support Yes, but only limited support Not at all	163 (34.2%) 170 (35.7%) 88 (18.5%) 55 (11.6%)
	Received sufficient support from insurers Yes, absolute support Yes, some support Yes, but only limited support Not at all Not Applicable as respondent did not have insurance	191 (40.7%) 123 (26.2%) 50 (10.7%) 34 (7.2%) 71 (15.1%)
Post-crisis counseling	Sought counseling after the wildfire	64 (13.3%)
	Received counseling after the wildfire	67 (13.9%)
Objective measures	Respondents had elevated symptoms consistent with GAD (based on GAD-7 scale)	96 (19.8%)
	Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT) ≤ 7 (low risk drinking or abstinence) ≥8 (High risk, harmful or hazardous drinking or alcohol dependence)	416 (86%) 68 (14%)
	Drug Use Identification Test (DUDIT) ≤ 5 for men and ≤ 1 for women(No drug related problems) ≥6 for men and ≥2 for women (Drug related problems)	435 (89.7%) 50 (10.3%)
	Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence ≤ 4 (low to moderate dependence) ≥5 (moderate to high dependence)	453 (93.4%) 32 (6.6%)

^*Demographic and clinical characteristic were all self-reported.