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High-severity wildfire potential – associating meteorology, climate, resource demand and wildfire activity with preparedness levels
National and regional preparedness level (PL) designations support decisions about wildfire risk management. Such decisions occur across the fire season and influence pre-positioning of resources in areas of greatest fire potential, recall of…
Author(s): Alison Cullen, Travis Axe, Harry Podschwit
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Monetising the savings of remotely sensed data and information in Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER) wildfire assessment
We used a value of information approach to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of using satellite imagery as part of the Burn Area Emergency Response (BAER), a US federal program that identifies imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety…
Author(s): Richard Bernknopf, Yusuke Kuwayama, Reily Gibson, Jessica Blakely, Bethany Mabee, T. J. Clifford, Brad Quayle, Justin Epting, Terry Hardy, David C. Goodrich
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Spatial scale in prescribed fire regimes: an understudied aspect in conservation with examples from the southeastern United States
The idea that not all fire regimes are created equal is a central theme in fire research and conservation. Fire frequency (i.e., temporal scale) is likely the most studied fire regime attribute as it relates to conservation of fireadapted ecosystems…
Author(s): David Mason, Marcus A. Lashley
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The relationship of jet streams to forest fires
Problems being encountered in implementing fire prevention programs were explored by studying the organization for fire prevention at the Fish Lake, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests in Utah. The study focused on role congruency in fire prevention…
Author(s): V. J. Schaefer
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