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Fire Policy & Law
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Human Dimensions of Fire Management
Decisionmaking & Sensemaking
Management Approaches
Risk
Risk assessment
NRFSN number: 21042
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Federal agency policy requires documentation and analysis of all wildland fire response decisions. In the past, planning and decision documentation for fires were completed using multiple unconnected processes, yielding many limitations. In response, interagency fire management executives chartered the development of the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS).
[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]
Citation
Pence, M.; Zimmerman, T. 2011. The Wildland Fire Decision Support System: integrating science, technology, and fire management. Fire Management Today 71(1):18-22.