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Wildfire suppression: strategies for containing costs
| Author: |
Fairbanks, Frank; Hill, Elizabeth; Kelly, Patrick; [and others] |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Periodical: |
Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration; report for the U.S. Congress and the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. 66 p |
| Link: |
http://209.183.198.6/NAPA/NAPAPubs.nsf/0/93c992a504968d5485256c7d00545b41/$FILE/WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION Report Sept 02.pdf
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| Abstract: |
Wildland fire suppression costs continue to grow at a rate that has increased in recent years. This study identified 30 factors affecting wildfire suppression operations and costs. Although the Panel found opportunities for additional efficiencies in managing large fires, it also found that three other factors have the greatest impact on the firefighting strategies selected and costs: a high level of fuels that feed wildfires; expanded human activities in and near the wildlands; and severe and prolonged drought. Immediate and readily available means to contain these escalating costs are not available. The best hope of containing them lie in slowing the growth of controllable wildfire hazards. |
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