Wildfire Risk Reduction Based on Landscape Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 325-338
Author(s):  
Nina Dobrinkova ◽  
Carlos Trindade ◽  
Craig Hope ◽  
Chuck Bushey ◽  
Alexander Held ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Wildfire Risk

scholarly journals Hazards of Risk: Identifying Plausible Community Wildfire Disasters in Low-Frequency Fire Regimes

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 934
Author(s):  
Andy McEvoy ◽  
Becky K. Kerns ◽  
John B. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Cascade Range ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Community Exposure ◽  
Risk Reduction Strategies

Optimized wildfire risk reduction strategies are generally not resilient in the event of unanticipated, or very rare events, presenting a hazard in risk assessments which otherwise rely on actuarial, mean-based statistics to characterize risk. This hazard of actuarial approaches to wildfire risk is perhaps particularly evident for infrequent fire regimes such as those in the temperate forests west of the Cascade Range crest in Oregon and Washington, USA (“Westside”), where fire return intervals often exceed 200 years but where fires can be extremely intense and devastating. In this study, we used wildfire simulations and building location data to evaluate community wildfire exposure and identify plausible disasters that are not based on typical mean-based statistical approaches. We compared the location and magnitude of simulated disasters to historical disasters (1984–2020) in order to characterize plausible surprises which could inform future wildfire risk reduction planning. Results indicate that nearly half of communities are vulnerable to a future disaster, that the magnitude of plausible disasters exceeds any recent historical events, and that ignitions on private land are most likely to result in very high community exposure. Our methods, in combination with more typical actuarial characterizations, provide a way to support investment in and communication with communities exposed to low-probability, high-consequence wildfires.

AVERTING AND INSURANCE DECISIONS IN THE WILDLAND–URBAN INTERFACE: IMPLICATIONS OF SURVEY AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION POLICY

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN TALBERTH ◽  
ROBERT P. BERRENS ◽  
MICHAEL MCKEE ◽  
MICHAEL JONES
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Insurance Decisions

Minority households’ willingness to pay for public and private wildfire risk reduction in Florida

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando González-Cabán ◽  
José J. Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Cost Share ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Private And Public

The purpose of this work is to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for minority (African-American and Hispanic) homeowners in Florida for private and public wildfire risk-reduction programs and also to test for differences in response between the two groups. A random parameter logit and latent class model allowed us to determine if there is a difference in wildfire mitigation program preferences, whether WTP is higher for public or private actions for wildfire risk reduction, and whether households with personal experience and who perceive that they live in higher-risk areas have significantly higher WTP. We also compare Florida minority homeowners’ WTP values with Florida original homeowners’ estimates. Results suggest that Florida minority homeowners are willing to invest in public programs, with African-Americans WTP values at a higher rate than Hispanics. In addition, the highest priority for cost-sharing funds would go to low-income homeowners, especially to cost-share private actions on their own land. These results may help fire managers optimise allocation of scarce cost-sharing funds for public v. private actions.

scholarly journals Risk reduction education in Portuguese schools: the example of wildfires

2018 ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Adélia N. Nunes ◽  
Bruno Martins
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
School Population ◽  
Risk Education ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Awareness Raising

In Portugal, wildfires cause huge socioeconomic and environmental impacts. This study aims to understand the contribution of the school to wildfire risk education and to explore how 9th year students rank the risks that affect our country and the municipalities in which they live. The results show that students ranked wildfires risk as the most important risk at national scale and in the area where they live. When asked about the causes, consequences and mitigation measures, most of them found it difficult to identify them. The formal geography curriculum only contained material related to risk reduction education in 2015. However, a non-formal project (PROSEPE – Education and Awareness-Raising Project for School Population), adopted reducing the risk of wildfires as one of its main goals, when it was first established in the 1990s.

How historic and current wildfire experiences in an Aboriginal community influence mitigation preferences

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Christianson ◽  
Tara K. McGee ◽  
Lorne L'Hirondelle
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Community Influence ◽  
Northern Alberta

Peavine Métis Settlement is located in the boreal forest in Northern Alberta, Canada. The objective of this paper was to explore how different wildfire experiences in an Aboriginal community influence wildfire mitigation preferences at the residential and community levels. Residents of Peavine had varying experiences with wildfire over an extended period of time including traditional burning, firefighting employment and bystanders. Despite these different experiences, participants still implemented or supported wildfire mitigation activities, although for differing reasons depending on experience type. Participants were found to have implemented or supported wildfire mitigation activities on the settlement, including their own properties and public land. Experience type influenced why wildfire mitigation had been implemented or supported: primarily wildfire risk reduction (firefighters), primarily aesthetic benefits (bystanders) and for both aesthetic benefits and wildfire risk reduction (historic traditional burners). The extensive fire experiences of residents at Peavine Métis Settlement have provided insights into how experience influences mitigation preferences. The results show it is important to consider predominant wildfire experience types in a community before developing a wildfire mitigation program. The findings of this study may have relevance for other Aboriginal communities that have experience with wildfires.

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