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Objectives setting in the wildland fire system: what do the customers think?
| Author: |
Fried, J.S.; Stewart, S.I.; Gilless, J.K. |
| Date: |
1994 |
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In: Sessions, J.; Brodie, J.D., eds. Proceedings of the 1994 symposium on systems analysis in forest resources: management systems for a global economy with global resource concerns. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. |
| Abstract: |
While considerable effort has gone into building modeling tools to identify economically efficient configurations for initial attack systems, little has gone into examination of the
demand for fire protection in the urban wildland interface. It can be argued that the homeowners there experience the greatest losses when wildfires occur, in which case examination of their preferences and values should play a significant role in decisions about how much and what kind of fire protection will be provided. Citizen support for public fire suppression efforts is a driving variable in fire protection systems, and as the wildland-urban interface expands, the relevance of traditional least cost plus loss optimization models grounded in timber, range and other commodity values is increasingly in doubt. As residents of these areas learn about fire behavior and the protection options available to them, managers can expect them to become a more vocal, active, and powerful group of stakeholders whose values must be considered in developing initial attack configurations. |
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