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Author(s):
Molly E. Hunter
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire & Economics
Fuels

NRFSN number: 17697
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The following annotated bibliography summarizes existing studies that contribute to our knowledge on the effects of wildfire, with and in the absence of fuel treatments and fire suppression operations, on fire-induced damages to valued resources. Because much of the literature on fuel treatment effectiveness deals with ecological values and reviews on this topic have been published (e.g., Kalies Yocom-Kent 2016), this bibliography exclusively considers human values, such as human communities, infrastructure, cultural resources, watershed services, timber products, and firefighter safety. The bibliography includes empirical studies in which wildfires burn through areas previously subject to fuel treatments, and modeling studies in which return on investment of fuel treatments with regard to human values is estimated. The bibliography does not include studies that detail wildland fire risk methodologies and assessments, as many review papers have been published on the topic (e.g., Thompson et al. 2015). The bibliography also does not include studies that examine the relationships between fuel treatments and wildfire suppression costs, as such studies have also been subject to extensive review (e.g., Thompson and Anderson 2015).

Citation

Hunter, Molly. 2018. fuel treatment effectiveness: avoiding damages and losses, an annotated bibliography. Joint Fire Science Program final report. 15 pages.