Bridging the divide between fire safety research and fighting fire safely: how do we convey research innovation to contribute more effectively to wildland firefighter safety?

Adams, Theodore ‘Ted’; Butler, Bret W.; Brown, Sara A.; Wright, Vita; Black, Arthur D.

doi:10.1071/wf16147

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“…They can be better prepared for such opportunities by continually fostering all the factors on the left side of our conceptual model. & 2002 [40] & 2007 [36,50] & 2008 [39] & 2010 [14] & 2011 [51] & 2012 [62] & 2013 [44,59,79] & 2014 [80,81] & 2015 [32,55,82,83] & 2016 [13,23,34,60] & 2017 [12,63,[84][85][86] [89,90] & 2008 [91] & 2011 [48] & 2012 [92] & 2015 [42,46] & 2017 [43,47] & 2018 [93,94] & 2019 [64] Climate Change & 2010 [95] & 2012 [35] & 2013 [76] & 2014 [58,68,96,97] & 2015 [37,41] & 2016 [65] & 2017…”

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The Use of Science in Wildland Fire Management: a Review of Barriers and Facilitators

2020

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Purpose of Review Science plays a critical role in natural resource management, and the use of science in decision-making is mandated by several policy initiatives. Other disciplines have documented the challenges associated with applying science to management and possible solutions to overcoming challenges, but the evaluation of science use in wildland fire management is relatively immature. In this paper, we reviewed the available literature that evaluates science use in wildland fire management and common barriers and facilitators to science use in decision-making. Recent Findings We developed a conceptual model that describes the possible uses of science in fire management (perception, planning, forecasting, implementation, assessment, communication, and policy), common barriers to science use (lack of science, uncertainty, funding/capacity, conflict), common facilitators to fire science use (collaboration, trust, boundary organizations, co-production), and factors that can act as facilitators or barriers to science use depending on their presence or absence (awareness, accessibility, relevance). In the context of our conceptual model, we reviewed 67 papers that examined fire science use between 1986 and 2019. Summary Most studies were conducted in the USA in the last 10 years and demonstrated that science is commonly used in fire management and that the maturation of organizations devoted to science translation and communication in the last 10 years has likely facilitated the application of fire science. The evaluation of fire science use, however, is still relatively immature, with studies needed on the use of fire science in countries outside the USA, the use of science in the management of wildfires, and in the crafting of policy related to wildland fire management.

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The Use of Science in Wildland Fire Management: a Review of Barriers and Facilitators

2020

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“…A number of researchers have called for more interaction between fire researchers and practitioners (Adams et al 2017) and even specifically for 'co-production' to 'bridge the gap between fire science production and application' (Maletsky et al 2018). Hiers (2017) argues that coproduction could be transformative for fire science.…”

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“…But fire science is often underutilised and the latest research is not always integrated into management decisions (see e.g. Adams et al 2017). The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) was established in 1998 to bridge the 'gap' between fire science and management (LeQuire 2011), and has facilitated the use of fire science (Hunter 2016;Maletsky et al 2018).…”

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Organisational influence on the co-production of fire science: overcoming challenges and realising opportunities

Glenn

Yung

Wyborn

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Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Addressing the challenges of wildland fire requires that fire science be relevant to management and integrated into management decisions. Co-production is often touted as a process that can increase the utility of science for management, by involving scientists and managers in knowledge creation and problem solving. Despite the documented benefits of co-production, these efforts face a number of institutional barriers. Further research is needed on how to institutionalise support and incentivise co-production. To better understand how research organisations enable and constrain co-production, this study examined seven co-produced wildland fire projects associated with the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), through in-depth interviews with scientists, managers and community members. Results provide insights into how organisational structures and cultures influence the co-production of fire science. Research organisations like RMRS may be able to institutionalise co-production by adjusting the way they incentivise and evaluate researchers, increasing investment in science delivery and scientific personnel overall, and supplying long-term funding to support time-intensive collaborations. These sorts of structural changes could help transform the culture of fire science so that coproduction is valued alongside more conventional scientific activities and products.

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“…Additionally, feedback from communities and agencies and hazard change is generated much more quickly and easily than can be accommodated by typical wild re spread and growth models, such as Flammap, FSIM, Burn-P3, etc (Finney 2006;Finney et al 2011;Parisien et al 2005),. improving the opportunity to co-produce a product, which is needed between researchers and practitioners(Adams et al 2017). Co-production helps increase the acceptance of science, trust in results, and use among decision-makers and wild re practitioners(Glenn et al 2022).…”

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Spatial Distribution of Wildfire Threat in the Far North: Exposure Assessment in Boreal Communities

Schmidt

Ziel

Calef

et al. 2023

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Increased wildfire activity has raised concerns among communities about how to assess and prepare for this threat. We modified an existing approach to assess decadal wildfire hazards based primarily on ember dispersal and wildfire proximity, referencing landscape changes from 1984 through 2014. The original method created multiple maps to capture ember dispersal and spread at different scales. Instead, we integrated this multi-scale information into a single exposure layer and utilized a straightforward flammability hazard classification scheme. Binomial exact and Kruskal–Wallis tested the relationship between exposure values, underlying flammability hazard classes, and wildfire scars, respectively, in three arctic communities (Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon) with a range of wildfire histories and amounts of urbanization. There was a significant difference in exposure values among burned and unburned locations (p < 0.001) and flammability hazard classes (p < 0.001). Areas with high exposure values are more prone to burn and thus desirable for mitigation actions. Wildfire fire hazards are extremely high within Whitehorse and Fairbanks, and lower in Anchorage. By working with wildfire practitioners, communities, and residents, we have created a tool that can rapidly assess wildfire hazards and be easily modified to help identify and prioritize areas for mitigation activities.

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Bridging the divide between fire safety research and fighting fire safely: how do we convey research innovation to contribute more effectively to wildland firefighter safety?

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

The Use of Science in Wildland Fire Management: a Review of Barriers and Facilitators

The Use of Science in Wildland Fire Management: a Review of Barriers and Facilitators

Organisational influence on the co-production of fire science: overcoming challenges and realising opportunities

Spatial Distribution of Wildfire Threat in the Far North: Exposure Assessment in Boreal Communities

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