Wildfire Management in the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of the Interior
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book covers the fundamental physics and chemistry of fire, fire behavior, wildland fuels, the interactions of fires and weather, ecological effects of fires, the cultural and institutional framework of fire management, planning efforts for fire management, suppression strategies, prescribed fires, and global fire management. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9781422396230
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2017-09-30
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 0309460042
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, regulatory, and economic factors have converged to make wildland fire management exceptionally challenging for U.S. federal, state, and local authorities. Given the mounting, unsustainable costs and difficulty translating existing wildland fire science into policy, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a 1-day workshop to focus on how a century of wildland fire research can contribute to improving wildland fire management. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dangerous accumulations of brush, small trees, and other vegetation on federal lands, particularly in the western United States, have helped fuel devastating wildfires in recent years. Although a single focal point is critical for directing firefighting efforts by federal, state, and local governments, GAO found a lack of clearly defined leadership at the federal level. Authority and responsibility remain fragmented among the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the states. Implementation of a performance accountability network also remains fragmented. As a result, GAO could not determine if the $796 million earmarked for hazardous fuels reduction in 2001 and 2002 has been targeted to communities and areas at highest risk. The five federal land management agencies--the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Forest Service--have yet to begin the research needed to identify and prioritize vulnerable communities near high-risk federal lands. Moreover, the agencies are not collecting the data needed to determine if changes are needed to expedite the project-planning process. They also are not collecting data needed to measure the effectiveness of efforts to dispose of the large amount of brush and other vegetation on federal lands.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael S. Hand
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-03-12
Total Pages: 77
ISBN-13: 1493905783
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management. In the United States, increased wildland fire activity over the last 15 years has resulted in drastic damage and loss of life. An associated rapid increase in fire management costs has consumed higher portions of budgets of public entities involved in wildfire management, challenging their ability to fulfill other responsibilities. Increased public scrutiny highlights the need to improve wildland fire management for cost effectiveness. This book closely examines the development of basic wildfire suppression cost models for the United States and their application to a wide range of settings from informing incident decision making to programmatic review. The book also explores emerging trends in suppression costs and introduces new spatially explicit cost models to account for characteristics of the burned landscape. Finally, it discusses how emerging risk assessment tools can be better informed by integrating management cost models with wildfire simulation models and values at risk. Economics of Wildfire Management is intended for practitioners as a reference guide. Advanced-level students and researchers will also find the book invaluable.