Goals, obstacles and effective strategies of wildfire mitigation programs in the Wildland–Urban Interface

Reams, Margaret A.; Haines, Terry K.; Renner, Cheryl R.; Wascom, Michael W.; Kingre, Harish

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2005.03.006

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“…Expansion of the WUI is an important environmental issue across the United States, and there are more homes in the California WUI than in any other state (> 5 million; Radeloff et al 2005). It is therefore imperative that we reexamine how future urban growth and fire hazard in the WUI can be mitigated (Reams et al 2005), regardless of the climate change scenario in question.…”

Section: The Wildland-urban Interface/intermix Problemmentioning

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Fire and sustainability: considerations for California’s altered future climate

Moritz

Stephens

2007

Climatic Change

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The California Climate Change Center Report Series details ongoing Center-sponsored research. As interim project results, these reports receive minimal editing, and the information contained in these reports may change; authors should be contacted for the most recent project results. By providing ready access to this timely research, the Center seeks to inform the public and expand dissemination of climate change information; thereby leveraging collaborative efforts and increasing the benefits of this research to California's citizens, environment, and economy. ii List of Figures AbstractIn addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, policies to achieve a sustainable coexistence with wildfire should be enacted now. This paper recommends a variety of actions that should be taken regardless of the many uncertainties in predicting future fire regimes. Adoption of a risk-based framework for fire management, reintroduction of fire to fire-prone ecosystems and careful use of fire surrogates, creation of new and flexible policies, and a serious reevaluation of urban planning and building in fire-prone locations are needed to reach a sustainable coexistence with fire in the future. Our future cities and communities must be less susceptible to wildfire damage, and the ecosystems upon which we depend must be made more resilient to further disruptions in fire regimes.iii

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Section: The Wildland-urban Interface/intermix Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fire and sustainability: considerations for California’s altered future climate

Moritz

Stephens

2007

Climatic Change

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“…To some degree, this is because many have not experienced the devastating effects of wildfires and therefore underestimate the risks. However, even landowners who have been affected by wildfire often fail to recognize the risk of a future event (Reams et al 2005). Income was an indirect significant indicator of wildfire mitigation practices within our study.…”

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Race and Wildfire Risk Perceptions among Rural Forestland Owners in North-Central Florida

Wyman

Malone

Stein

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Society & Natural Resources

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The southern United States is susceptible to wildfire, from its climate, growing seasons, lightning frequency, and decades of fire suppression. With much known about wildfire's biophysical risks, less is understood about sociodemographic obstacles, including race, income, and education. Blacks in the rural southeastern United States are typically among the most marginalized Americans and least likely to have sufficient knowledge about resource protection. Because disaster preparedness has been shown to vary by sociodemographic status and race, this study focused on race and wildfire prevention by rural forestland owners in north-central Florida. Results show that while Whites were more aware of existing resources, they were less likely to incorporate preventative measures. In contrast, Blacks earned lower incomes and utilized their land less, but were more likely to manage and live on their land. We conclude that wildfire mitigation programs may be more effective when they work to connect absentee rural land owners to their land.

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“…This was undertaken by considering the economic value of forestry resources, deriving results from the simulation of forest fires in free advance and the extinction costs of actual firefighting activity. Studies with similar characteristics were carried out by Reams et al, 2005 andMavsar et al, 2013, through the review of strategies for firefighting and decision-making support, with emphasis on wildland urban interface areas. In both studies, economic values were considered in order to determine the level of awareness of the best practices to use to confront fire.…”

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Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency

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Silva

2015

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Aim of study: Evaluate the economic extinction efficiency of forest fires, based on the study of fire combat undertaken by aerial and terrestrial means.Area of study, materials and methods: Approximately 112,000 hectares in Chile. Records of 5,876 forest fires that occurred between 1998 and 2009 were analyzed. The area further provides a validation sector for results, by incorporating databases for the years 2010 and 2012. The criteria used for measuring extinction efficiency were economic value of forestry resources, Contraction Factor analysis and definition of the extinction costs function.Main results: It is possible to establish a relationship between burnt area, extinction costs and economic losses. The method proposed may be used and adapted to other fire situations, requiring unit costs for aerial and terrestrial operations, economic value of the property to be protected and speed attributes of fire spread in free advance.Research highlights: The determination of extinction efficiency in containment works of forest fires and potential projection of losses, different types of plant fuel and local conditions favoring the spread of fire broaden the admissible ranges of a, φ and Ce considerably.

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Goals, obstacles and effective strategies of wildfire mitigation programs in the Wildland–Urban Interface

Cited by 54 publications

References 3 publications

Fire and sustainability: considerations for California’s altered future climate

Fire and sustainability: considerations for California’s altered future climate

Race and Wildfire Risk Perceptions among Rural Forestland Owners in North-Central Florida

Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency

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