A framework for developing safe and effective large-fire response in a new fire management paradigm
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.039
Abstract: Abstract The impacts of wildfires have increased in recent decades because of historical forest and fire management, a rapidly changing climate, and an increasingly populated wildland urban interface. This increasingly complex fire environment highlights the… read more here.
Keywords: decision; fire management; response; management ... See more keywords
Spatial optimization of operationally relevant large fire confine and point protection strategies: model development and test cases
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DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0271
Abstract: This study introduces a large fire containment strategy that builds upon recent advances in spatial fire planning, notably the concept of potential wildland fire operation delineations (PODs). Multiple PODs can be clustered together to form… read more here.
Keywords: point protection; fire; rpod; large fire ... See more keywords