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Wildfire triage: Targeting mitigation based on social, economic, and ecological values

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:

Evaluating the risks of wildfire relative to the valuable resources found in any managed landscape requires an interdisciplinary approach. Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Research Station and Western Wildland Threat Assessment Center developed such a process, using a combination of techniques rooted in fire modeling and ecology, economics, decision sciences, and the human dimensions of managing natural resources.

Read the brief here.

Further reading:

Ager, A.A.; Vaillant, N.M.; Finney, M.A. 2011. Integrating fire behavior models and geospatial analysis for wildland fire risk assessment and fuel management planning. Journal of Combustion 2011, Article ID 572452, 19 pages, doi:10.1155/2011/572452

Calkin, D.E.; Ager, A.A.; Thompson, M.P. 2011. A comparative risk assessment framework for wildland fire management: the 2010 cohesive strategy science report. General Technical Report, RMRS-GTR-262. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO USA: 63p

Calkin D.E.; Thompson M.P.; Finney, M.A.; Hyde, K.D. 2011. A real-time risk assessment tool supporting wildland fire decisionmaking. Journal of Forestry 109(5):274-280

Finney, M.A.; McHugh, C.W.; Stratton, R.D.; Riley, K.L. 2011. A simulation of probabilistic wildfire risk components for the continental United States. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 25:973-1000

Thompson, M.P.; Calkin, D.E. 2011. Uncertainty and risk is wildland fire management: A review. Journal of Environmental Management 92(8):1895-1909

Thompson, M.P.; Calkin, D.E.; Finney, M.A.; Ager, A.A.; Gilbertson-Day, J.W. 2011. Integrated national-scale assessment of wildfire risk to human and ecological values. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 25:761-780

Thompson, M.P.; Calkin, D.E.; Gilbertson-Day, J.W.; Ager, A.A. 2011. Advancing effects analysis for integrated, large-scale wildfire risk assessment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 179:217-239

Thompson, M.P.; Helmbrecht, S.J.; Calkin, D.E. 2012. Integrated wildfire risk assessment: Framework development and application on the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana, USA. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management doi: 10.1002/ieam.1365

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 9, 2020

Categories: Maps, Models, and Apps, Publication, Research Brief/SynthesisTags: fire behavior modeling, fire severity, fire-adapted communities and fire response, fuel reduction projects, fuels management and effectiveness, Human Dimensions of Fire, human dimensions of natural resources, landscape restoration and resilience, Model/Tool/Technology, natural resource management, Prescribed Fire, Rocky Mountain Research Station, wildfire management, wildfire risk assessment, wildfire risk mitigation, wildfire simulations, wildfire triage

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