Download or read book Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Hazard Risk Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this analysis is to provide a comprehensive, scientifically based, assessment of the wildfire hazards and risks within the Platte Canyon Fire Protection District to aid in developing short term and long term fuel and fire management plans.
Download or read book Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners in the Southern United States written by Alan J. Long and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildfire Risk written by Wade E. Professor Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing encroachment of human settlements into fire-prone areas and extreme fire seasons in recent years make it urgent that we better understand both the physical and human dimensions of managing the risk from wildfire. Wildfire Risk follows from our awareness that increasing public knowledge about wildfire hazard does not necessarily lead to appropriate risk reduction behavior. Drawing heavily upon health and risk communication, and risk modeling, the authors advance our understanding of how individuals and communities respond to wildfire hazard. They present results of original research on the social, economic, and psychological factors in responses to risk, discuss how outreach and education can influence behavior, and consider differences among ethnic/racial groups and between genders with regard to values, views, and attitudes about wildfire risk. They explore the role of public participation in risk assessment and mitigation, as well as in planning for evacuation and recovery after fire. Wildfire Risk concludes with a dedicated section on risk-modeling, with perspectives from decision sciences, geography, operations research, psychology, experimental economics, and other social sciences.
Download or read book Wildfire Hazards Risks and Disasters written by Douglas Paton and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention. It takes a geo-scientific and environmental approach to the topic while also discussing the impacts of human-induced causes such as deforestation, debris burning and arson—underscoring the multi-disciplinary nature of the topic. It presents several international case studies that discuss the historical, social, cultural and ecological aspects of wildfire risk management in countries with a long history of dealing with this hazard (e.g., USA, Australia) and in countries (e.g., Taiwan) where wildfire hazards represent a new and growing threat to the social and ecological landscape. Puts the contributions of environmental scientists, social scientists, climatologists, and geoscientists at your fingertips Arms you with the latest research on causality, social and societal impacts, economic impacts, and the multi-dimensional nature of wildfire mitigation, preparedness, and recovery Features a broad range of tables, figures, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs to aid in the retention of key concepts Discusses steps for prevention and mitigation of wildfires, one of the most expensive and complex geo-hazards in the world.
Download or read book Protecting Life and Property from Wildfire written by James C. Smalley and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2005 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make your community firewise with powerful facts! From coast to coast, an estimated 30,000 communities are at risk from wildland fire. This text provides community leaders and the fire service with the tools required to understand this complex problem and work together to mitigate risks. Protecting Life and Property from Wildfire follows a plan for safer community development, and presents a comprehensive program for protecting lives and property.
Download or read book Assessing Wildfire Risk on the Wildland Urban Interface Within the Ramah Navajo Reservation Northwestern New Mexico written by Daryl Bo Lorenzo (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildland urban interface (WUI) and pinyon-juniper woodlands have both impacted the Ramah-Navajo Reservation through tribal polices, lack of forest resources, livestock/grazing, and traditional perspectives, and have increased the risk of wildfire. It is a general belief that tribal members are currently living in a very high risk for wildfires . The objective of this project is to determine the actual wildfire risk by developing a weighted-overlay analysis using different geospatial data from government agencies, such as the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). A comprehensive wildfire hazard assessment was developed to identify the distribution patterns of WUI across the reservation. Results suggest that there were no housing structures found within the high and very high wildfire risk category. The two main focal points of this report were population and tribal policies as they contribute to forest health and are evidenced by increasing tree density and fuel compositions, establishing fencing boundaries, strong traditional views, and lack of a forest management.
Download or read book Incident Response Pocket Guide and Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Desk Reference Guide All Hazard Response Homeowner Fire Mitigation Firewise Communities Living with Fire written by National Wildfire Coordinating Group and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook reproduces two important wildfire and incident-response documents: Incident Response Pocket Guide and Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Desk Reference Guide. Incident Response Pocket Guide - This reference is intended to assist in reporting key information regarding incident conditions when first arriving on-scene. All agencies will have specific information requirements that may involve additional reports. The intent of this guide is to provide a wildland fire job aid and training reference for operational personnel from Firefighter Type 2 through Division Supervisor and initial attack/extended attack Incident Commanders. It also has a secondary application for all-hazard incident response. Operational Leadership * Communication Responsibilities * Leader's Intent * Human Factor Barriers to Situation Awareness * After Action Review * OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT * Risk Management * Planning for Medical Emergencies * Look Up, Down and Around * Look Up, Down and Around (continued) * Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy Fires * Common Tactical Hazards * LCES * Safety Zones * Downhill Checklist * Indicators of Incident Complexity * Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting * SPECIFIC HAZARDS * How to Properly Refuse Risk * Thunderstorm Safety * Hazard Tree Safety * Powerline Safety * Roadside Response Safety * Unexploded Ordnance Safety * Oil and Gas Site Safety * Last Resort Survival * ALL HAZARD RESPONSE * Vehicle Accident Operations * HazMat Incident Operations * HazMat Isolation Distances * HazMat Classification for Fixed Facilities based on NFPA 704 * Local Disaster Response * All Hazard Incident Response * Structure Hazard Marking System * Missing Person Search Urgency * AVIATION * Aviation User Checklist * Aviation Watch Out Situations * Helicopter Passenger Briefing and PPE * Flight Following * Helicopter Landing Area Selection * One-Way Helispot * Two-Way Helispot * Longline Mission * Helicopter Hand Signals * Paracargo Operations Safety * Weight Estimates * Aerial Retardant Safety * Directing Retardant and Bucket Drops * Working with Airtankers * Aircraft Mishap Response Actions * SAFECOM Reporting System * OTHER REFERENCES * Spot Weather Forecast * Energy Release Component (ERC) * Burning Index (BI) * Haines Index (HI) * Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) * Lightning Activity Level (LAL) * Weather Watch/Weather Warning * Wind Speed Ranges * Severe Fire Behavior Potential * Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics * Reporting Fire Chemical Introductions * Fire Cause Determination Checklist * Media Interviews * Phonetic Alphabet * EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE GUIDELINES * Emergency Medical Care Guidelines * Patient Assessment * Specific Treatments * CPR * Heat-Related Injuries * Burn Injuries * Injury/Fatality Procedures * Medical Incident Report * Sizeup Report * Briefing Checklist * Standard Firefighting Orders * Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Desk Reference Guide - The effects of wildland fire on communities have become more intense, frequent, and far-reaching. Increased development in the wildland urban interface means higher wildfire risk and more suppression needs, costing billions every year. This book is designed to provide basic background information on relevant programs and terminology for those, whether community members or agency personnel, who are seeking to enhance their community's wildfire mitigation efforts. Mitigation happens at all levels - local, state, tribal, and federal. This guide defines terms and identifies resources that are useful in mitigation planning efforts for all lands. The four primary objectives of this reference guide are to: Provide a reference to assist with integrating wildland urban interface mitigation principles into national wildland fire training; Promote common wildfire mitigation language and culture; Establish an authoritative source for wildland urban interface mitigation information; and Provide consistent definitions for use by all media.
Download or read book WILDFIRE AND COMMUNITY written by Douglas Paton and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2012 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildfires represent a growing threat to environments, to people, communities, and to societies worldwide, particularly in the United States, Southern Europe, and Australia. Recognition of this growing risk has highlighted a need to develop people's capacity to adapt to annually occurring events that could increase in frequency and severity over the coming years and decades. The goal of ensuring sustained levels of protective measures in communities susceptible to wildfire hazard consequences has proved to be elusive. This book examines why this is so and identifies ways in which sustained levels of preparedness can be facilitated. Major topics include: wildfire preparedness and resiliency in community contexts; socially disastrous landscape fires in southeastern Australia; landscape typology of residential wildfire risk; proactive human response to wildfires outbreak; forest fires in wildland-urban interface, wildfire risk management; “stay or go” policy in the line of fire; social dimensions of forest fire; the influence of community diversity; evaluating a community engagement initiative; response to fire threats; social media and resiliency; and building on lessons learned. Additional information includes the landscape fires in southeastern Australia, wildfire risk management in Portugal; fire preparedness in Greece, Cyprus, and the Pine Barrens in the northeastern United States. The findings of research programs being conducted in the United States, Australia, Europe, India and South America are presented. The book includes case studies on the analysis and proposed actions of the wildland-urban interface being faced by Central Chile and South America. This book will provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the wildfire preparedness research and its application to the development of risk communications and public education programs.
Download or read book A Wildfire Hazard Rating Model for Use in the Wildland Urban Interface written by Claire M. Hay and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As people move away from urban centers into the rural or wildland fringe surrounding developed urban and suburban centers, they are constructing large residential structures in amongst the flammable wildland vegetation. This intermixing of structural fuels with wildland vegetation fuels creates a significant wildfire management problem. Wildland fuels are partially dependent upon fire as a part of their environment. Human development structures are not compatible with a fire environment. This mixture of two different types of 'fuel' with different tolerances for the presence of fire is the crux of the wildfire management problem in the Wildland/Urban Interface. An assessment model was developed that produces an integrated wildfire hazard rating metric based upon field gathered data and spatial data stored in a GIS. The hazard rating model is based upon a consensus of wildfire behavior/management experts as well as other codified fire science knowledge. In order to guide site mitigation, information beyond a single integrating metric is preserved so that users can determine the most significant factors contributing to the wildfire hazard for a site.
Download or read book Mitigating Wildfire Risk in the Wildland Urban Interface written by Cheryl R. Renner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research of state and local wildfire mitigation efforts found that many areas adopt regulations for defensible space as only one element of multi-faceted programs for wildfire mitigation. This paper will compare four model ordinances designed for adoption by state and local governments to protect communities from wildfire. In addition, results from a survey of wildfire program managers provide insight into the obstacles faced in administering defensible space regulations. In evaluating program options, managers must assess/balance wildfire risk and safety issues with public acceptance of regulations and the potential effectiveness of the regulation in mitigating wildfire hazard.
Download or read book A Wildfire Risk Assessment Framework for Land and Resource Management written by Joe Scott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildfires-unplanned wildland fires-can result in significant, long-lasting impacts to ecological, social, and economic systems; therefore, it is necessary to identify and quantify the risks posed by wildfire, and to subsequently develop cost-effective mitiga-tion strategies. To do so, fire and fuel managers require information on where fires are likely to occur, the intensity at which they might occur, and with what impacts to highly valued resources and assets (HVRAs; that is, the things we care about). Managers need to assess wildfire risk.
Download or read book Planning for Wildland urban Interface Wildfires written by Matthew Williams and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The project focus was to derive the key factors for performing a suitability assessment for future development in the Wildland/Urban Interface with regards to wildfire hazard. The sources for deriving these factors were based on relevant literature in forest management and land use planning contexts and through reviewing various community wildfire mitigation plans. The factors that were found for performing the assessment were: level of fire hazard, topography, water accessibility, ability to build firebreaks, transportation accessibility, forest management, ability to build densely, enforceable zoning, enforceable building codes and ordinances, community participation, proximity to fire services, and ability to train WUI fire fighters.
Download or read book Wildfire Risk and Hazard written by U.s. Department of Agriculture and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews have been conducted by Federal oversight agencies and blue ribbon panels to identify causal factors of the unprecedented fire suppression costs and to suggest possible modifications to Federal fire management policy and strategies (USDOI, USDA 2004; USDAOIG 2006; GAO 2007, 2009). Agency and panel member reviews have found that Federal agencies with wildland fire responsibilities are not able to quantify the value of fire management activities in terms of reducing wildfire risk to social, economic, and ecological values. In response, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council's (WFLC) monitoring strategy asked: What are the trends and changes in fire hazard on Federal lands? Fire risk assessment requires an understanding of the likelihood of wildfire by intensity level and the potential beneficial and negative effects to valued resources from fire at different intensity levels. This monitoring study was conducted to meet three broad goals: (1) address the WFLC monitoring question regarding fire hazard on Federal lands; (2) develop information useful in prioritizing where fuels treatments and mitigation measures might be proposed to address significant fire hazard and risk; and (3) respond to critiques by Office of Management and Budget, General Accounting Office, and Congress that call for risk-based performance measures to document the effectiveness of fire management programs. The results of this monitoring study are useful for project planning to quantify the potential effects of proposed actions in terms of reducing risk to specific resources of concern. Developing decision support tools that utilize an appropriate risk management framework would address many of the issues identified within government oversight reports. Specifically, the Office of Inspector General (USDAOIG 2006) reviewed USDA Forest Service (FS) large fire costs and directed that the “FS must determine what types of data it needs to track in order to evaluate its cost effectiveness in relationship to its accomplishments. At a minimum, FS needs to quantify and track the number and type of isolated residences and other privately owned structures affected by the fire, the number and type of natural/cultural resources threatened, and the communities and critical infrastructure placed at risk.” The application of fire risk and fire hazard analyses has been demonstrated at the watershed and National Forest scales (Ager and others 2007). There, specific details regarding probabilities of fire and fire intensity are linked with specific resource benefit and loss functions (Ager and others 2007). Expanding these detailed analyses to regional and national scales to provide consistent risk assessment processes is complicated by the required data specificity and difficulty in developing loss-benefit functions for the range of human and ecological values. The research effort described in this report is designed to develop, from a strategic view, a first approximation of how both fire likelihood and intensity influence risk to social, economic, and ecological values at the national scale. The approach uses a quantitative risk framework that approximates expected losses and benefits from wildfire to highly valued resources (HVR). The information gathered in this study can be summarized in tabular and map formats at many different scales using administrative boundaries or delineations of HVR such as built structure density. The overall purpose of the analysis is to provide a base line of current conditions for monitoring trends in wildfire risk over time. Future analyses would be used to determine trends and changes in response to fuel reduction investments, climate shifts, and natural disturbance events (e.g., bark beetles) between the timeframes analyzed. Monitoring data could be used to address national and regional questions regarding changes in fire risk and hazard as a result of investment strategies or changing conditions.
Download or read book Federal Wildland Fire Management written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing wildland fire in the U.S. is a challenge increasing in complexity & magnitude. The goals & actions presented in this report encourage a proactive approach to wildland fire to reduce its threat. Five major topic areas on the subject are addressed: the role of wildland fire in resource management; the use of wildland fire; preparedness & suppression; wildland/urban interface protection; & coordinated program management. Also presented are the guiding principle that are fundamental to wildland fire management & recommendations for fire management policies. Photos, graphs, & references.
Download or read book Wildland urban Interface Hazard Assessment Training written by National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NFPA 1144 Standard for Reducing Structure Ignition Hazards from Wildland Fire 2018 Edition written by National Fire Protection Association and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan written by Society of American Foresters and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
