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The next catastrophe: reducing our vulnerabilities to natural, industrial, and terrorist disasters
Perrow, developer of normal accident theory, argues here that we must reduce the size of targets that are vulnerable to disasters because organizations, including political ones, cannot completely prevent all the risks associated with the potential…
Author(s): Charles Perrow
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The what, how, and when of social reliance and cooperative risk management
A study of the relationship between public trust and management actions taken by the US Forest Service. This chapter focuses on an analysis of the definitions 'social reliance' and 'trust,' then applies them to various examples…
Author(s): George T. Cvetkovich, Patricia L. Winter
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Treatment of data influenced by exceptional events; final rule
This action finalizes a rule to govern the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. Exceptional events are events for which the normal planning and regulatory process established by the Clean Air Act (CAA…
Author(s): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Factors in United States Forest Service district rangers' decision to manage a fire for resource benefit
United States wildland fire policy and program reviews in 1995 and 2000 required both the reduction of hazardous fuel and recognition of fire as a natural process. Despite the fact that existing policy permits managing natural ignitions to meet…
Author(s): Martha A. Williamson
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Simulation of the consequences of different fire regimes to support wildland fire use decisions
The strategy known as wildland fire use, in which lightning-ignited fires are allowed to burn, is rapidly gaining momentum in the fire management community. Managers need to know the consequences of an increase in area burned that might result from…
Author(s): Carol Miller
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The fire environment--innovations, management, and policy; conference proceedings
The International Association of Wildland Fire sponsored the second Fire Behavior and Fuels conference in Destin, Florida. The conference theme was 'Fire Environment--Innovations, Management, and Policy.' Over 450 attendees participated in…
Author(s): Wayne A. Cook, Bret W. Butler
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Guide to fuel treatments in dry forests of the Western United States: assessing forest structure and fire hazard
Guide to Fuel Treatments analyzes a range of fuel treatments for representative dry forest stands in the Western United States with overstories dominated by ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and pinyon pine (…
Author(s): Morris C. Johnson, David L. Peterson, Crystal L. Raymond
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Is wildfire policy in the United States sustainable?
Beginning in 2000, wildfire policy in the United States shifted from focusing almost exclusively on suppression to embracing multiple goals, including hazardous fuels reduction, ecosystem restoration, and community assistance. Mutually reinforcing,…
Author(s): Toddi A. Steelman, Caitlin A. Burke
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