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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Yu Wei; Douglas B. Rideout
Editor(s): Armando González-Cabán
Publication Date: 2009

This research developed a probability-based approach to support the wildland fire management decision processes regarding fuel treatment locations and appropriate fire management. Spatial fire behavior data such as fire spread directions and relative fire probability distributions can be created through fire simulations. A directed graph was used to represent the potential fire spread directions between different locations. Combined with concerns such as fire losses and benefits, decision makers can use this approach to determine the best fuel treatment locations and analyze tradeoffs between alternative fire management decisions. Independent from specific fire events, fuel treatment will focus on landscape level expected fire losses or potential benefits from fires. Upon the occurrence of a particular fire event, specific impacts of fire can be analyzed across time to determine the appropriate management strategies.

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Citation: Wei, Yu; Rideout, Douglas. 2009. Developing a probability-based approach to support wildland fire management decisions. Pages 116-123. In: González-Cabán, Armando (editor). Proceedings of the third international symposium on fire economics, planning, and policy: common problems and approaches. PSW-GTR-227. Albany, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

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Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fuels    Mapping    Models    Planning
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Keywords:
  • fire behavior model
  • fire management
  • fire spread
  • fuel treatment
  • GIS - geographic information system
  • probability
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FRAMES Record Number: 12932