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Wildland burning: The perception of risk
| Author: |
Beebe, Grant S.; Omi, Philip N. |
| Date: |
1993 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Forestry |
| Abstract: |
Perhaps the most important recommendation of the Yellowstone Fire Management Policy Review Team (1989) was a call for increased public involvement in the development of fire management plans. Such participation presumably would heighten awareness of the inherent risks. Public recognition of the uncertainties involved in fire use and suppression can only help those charged with managing wildlands of all sorts, including urban interface zones. Fire professionals must be free to make hard choices and, more importantly, lose when making fire management decisions-without damaging their credibility or their perceived competence. We all must learn to accept that even the best-laid fire management plans may sometimes go awry. |
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