scholarly journals Analyzing Wildfire Suppression Difficulty in Relation to Protection Demand

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P Thompson ◽  
Zhiwei Liu ◽  
Yu Wei ◽  
Michael D Caggiano
Keyword(s):  
Wildfire Suppression

Limited Handling Qualities Assessment of Very Large Aerial Tankers for the Wildfire Suppression Mission

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Klyde ◽  
Daniel Alvarez ◽  
P. Chase Schulze ◽  
Timothy Cox ◽  
Mark Dickerson
Keyword(s):  
Handling Qualities ◽  
Wildfire Suppression

scholarly journals Effects of an Electrolyte Additive on Hydration and Drinking Behavior During Wildfire Suppression

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Cuddy ◽  
Julie A. Ham ◽  
Stephanie G. Harger ◽  
Dustin R. Slivka ◽  
Brent C. Ruby
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Electrolyte Additive ◽  
Wildfire Suppression

scholarly journals Potential climate change impacts on fire intensity and key wildfire suppression thresholds in Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 095003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B M Wotton ◽  
M D Flannigan ◽  
G A Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Fire Intensity ◽  
Wildfire Suppression ◽  
Potential Climate Change

scholarly journals A Temporal Framework of Large Wildfire Suppression in Practice, a Qualitative Descriptive Study

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simpson ◽  
Bradstock ◽  
Price
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Wildfire Management ◽  
Resource Productivity ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Stage Classification ◽  
Wildfire Suppression ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Suppression activities on large wildfires are complicated. Existing suppression literature does not take into account this complexity which leaves existing suppression models and measures of resource productivity incomplete. A qualitative descriptive analysis was performed on the suppression activities described in operational documents of 10 large wildfires in Victoria, Australia. A five-stage classification system summarises suppression in the everyday terms of wildfire management. Suppression can be heterogeneous across different sectors with different stages occurring across sectors on the same day. The stages and the underlying 20 suppression tasks identified provide a fundamental description of how suppression resources are being used on large wildfires. We estimate that at least 57% of resource use on our sample of 10 large wildfires falls outside of current suppression modelling and productivity research.

The economic benefit of localised, short-term, wildfire-potential information

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laine Christman ◽  
Kimberly Rollins
Keyword(s):  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Risk Scenarios ◽  
The Us ◽  
Wildfire Suppression ◽  
Information Products ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Wildland Management ◽  
Us West

Wildfire-potential information products are designed to support decisions for prefire staging of movable wildfire suppression resources across geographic locations. We quantify the economic value of these information products by defining their value as the difference between two cases of expected fire-suppression expenditures: one in which daily information about spatial variation in wildfire-potential is used to move fire suppression resources throughout the season, and the other case in which daily information is not used and fire-suppression resources are staged in their home locations all season. We demonstrate the method by constructing a hypothetical wildland management unit calibrated to represent a region typical in the US West. The method uses estimated suppression costs and probabilities of significant fire, as provided by an information service, to estimate expected suppression costs. We analyse differences in expected suppression costs for a range of risk scenarios. Economic savings occur for the majority of risk scenarios. This approach can be used to evaluate investments in wildfire-potential information services, and for assessing the value of investing in new resources.

Measuring the efficacy of a wildfire education program in Colorado Springs

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey H. Donovan, PhD ◽  
Patricia A. Champ, PhD ◽  
David T. Butry, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Colorado Springs ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Home Sales ◽  
Risk Education ◽  
Wildfire Suppression

Drought conditions in much of the West, increased residential development, and elevated fuels from a century of wildfire suppression have increased wildfire risk in the United States. In light of this increased risk, an innovative wildfire risk education program in Colorado Springs was examined, which rated the wildfire risk of 35,000 homes in the city’s wildlandurban interface. Evidence from home sales before and after the program’s implementation suggests that the program was successful at changing homebuyer’s attitudes toward wildfire risk, particularly preferences for flammable building materials.

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