This research examines perceptions of risk by decision-makers during wildland fires using newly available data from the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS), with an eye toward better understanding how fire managers are considering risk on the fires they manage.It explores preference for and aversion to high, moderate, and low ratings for the risk elements of value, hazard and probability that collectively constitute a measure of relative risk.

This presentation is part of the 2018-2019 weekly seminar series presented by the USDA RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory.