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Prototyping a Geospatial Atlas for Wildfire Planning and Management

by Matthew P. Thompson, Benjamin M. Gannon, Michael D. Caggiano, Christopher D. O’Connor, April Brough, Julie W. Gilbertson-Day and Joe H. Scott

Wildland fire managers are increasingly embracing risk management principles by being more anticipatory, proactive, and “engaging the fire before it starts”. A key innovation in planning is the development of potential operational delineations (PODs).

Here, we review development of a decision support tool—a POD Atlas—intended to facilitate cross-boundary, collaborative strategic wildfire planning and management by providing high-resolution information on landscape conditions, values at risk, and fire management resource needs for individual PODs. We present examples, discuss real-world use cases, and highlight opportunities for continued decision support improvement.

Read the full paper here.

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
December 10, 2020

Categories: PublicationTags: collaborative fire management, data-driven decisions, fire management, wildfire risk

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