Many tools available through the IFTDSS portal here: https://iftdss.firenet.gov/landing_page/Thumbnail Photo by Tyler Gilbert, The …
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Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment (QWRA)
A workflow and tools to perform a Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment (QWRA) from the project to the unit scale is now available …
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Wildfire Response Performance Measurement: Current and Future Directions
Abstract: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, defines success in the wildland fire response environment as “safely …
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Land use planning can reduce wildfire risk to homes and communities
Wildfire risk to people and homes is increasing. While climate change and decades of fuel buildup have exacerbated wildfires, …
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Seeing red: New tools for mapping and understanding fire severity
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:Large, severe fires are ecologically and socially important because they have lasting …
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Protecting the source: Tools to evaluate fuel treatment cost vs. water quality protection
From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:High-intensity wildfires are one of the leading causes of severe soil erosion in western …
Getting Ahead of the Wildfire Problem: Quantifying and Mapping Management Challenges and Opportunities
View the publication here!Fire managers are charged with balancing the short-term protection of human assets sensitive to fire …
Climate Change Beliefs and Hazard Mitigation Behaviors: Homeowners and Wildfire Risk
View the publication here!In this article, researchers examined the relationships among climate change beliefs, environmental …