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Type: Conference Proceedings
Editor(s): Armando González-Cabán
Publication Date: 2008
Recent advances in operations research and computer technologies present new opportunities to improve preseason wildland fire planning tools. In this paper, we describe the Wildfire Initial Response Assessment System (WIRAS), a stochastic simulation model that incorporates many recent technical advances and is designed to closely represent the dynamics of fire occurrence and suppression. The computer simulation model provides fire managers a powerful tool to examine operational and performance characteristics of their initial attack capabilities for planning appropriate preseason protection organizations.
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Citation: Wiitala, Marc R.; Wilson, Andy E. 2008. Wildfire initial response assessment system: a tool for fire preparedness planning. Pages 703-707. In: González-Cabán, Armando (Technical Coordinator). Proceedings of the second international symposium on fire economics, planning, and policy: a global view. PSW-GTR-208. Albany, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.
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Keywords:
- fire planning model
- stochastic simulation
- travel time
- WIRAS - Wildland Initial Response Assessment System
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