As part of the prototyping effort for the preparedness module (PM) of the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) system that IBM developed for five U.S. federal agencies, we designed and implemented an optimization model for determining budgets necessary for managing wildland fires during the initial ...
Recognizing a need for changing top-down strategies, concerted efforts aim to reverse the traditional “zero fire” policies that have shaped fire suppression in several Mediterranean areas for decades (Brotons et al.2013). Wildfire preparedness and adaptation policies as well as Integrated Fire Manage...
fire-prone areas expand globally, our WUI data can help guide proactive actions to prepare for future wildfire in the WUI and tailor such preparations according to the dominant vegetation types and associated fire regimes. Wildfire damage to buildings is a global problem and we show that most peo...
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is defined as the area where houses and other structures are built within or close to wildland vegetation (USDA and USDI2001). The term is used in the context of wildfire to identify settlements that are potentially at risk from fire (Caton et al.2016; ...
Fire Ecology Volume 8, Issue 2, 2012 doi: 10.4996/fireecology.0802125 ReseaRch aRticle Scott et al.: Assessing the Threat of Unsuppressed Wildfires Page 125 Quantifying the threat of unsuppressed wildfires reaching the adjacent wildland-urban interface on the bridger-teton national forest, wyoming,...
United States General Accounting Office (GAO), Wildland Fire Management: Improved Planning Will Help Agencies Better Identify Fire-Fighting Preparedness Needs, Report GAO-02-158. United States General Accounting Office: Washington, D. C., 35 p., 2002....
Lessons of Fire Risk: Awareness and Preparedness at the Boise Wildland Urban InterfaceWuerzer presented current research on wildfires and planning, and the challenges encountered when urban environments are reaching into the wild land urban interface. Elements of his talk were the current wildfire ...
fire danger ratingwildfire threat ratingremote sensingGISThis study provides a comprehensive framework to mitigate or prevent forest and land (or wildland) fire disaster in Malaysia. This system supports emergency response and preparedness for wildland fire by means of integrated modelling, monitoring and...
Wildfire management in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) protects property and life from wildland fire. One approach that has potential to provide information about the amount and location of fuels to forest managers and, at the same time, increase public knowledge and engagement in reducing wildfi...
Wildland/Urban Interface: Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness and Readiness Capabilities; Phase One Report; National Fire Protection Association: Quincy, MA, USA, 2015. 3. Tedim, F.; Xanthopoulos, G.; Leone, V. Forest fires in Europe: facts and challenges. In Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and ...