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Wildland-urban fire - a different approach
| Author: |
Cohen, Jack D. |
| Date: |
[N.d.] |
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[publication city unknown]: [USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Fire Sciences Lab]. 5 p |
| Link: |
http://www.firelab.org/fbp/fbppubs/fbppdf/cohen/wufire.pdf
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| Abstract: |
Research results indicate that the home and its immediate surroundings within 100-200 feet (30-60 meters) principally determines the home ignition potential during severe wildland-urban fires. Research has also established that fire is an intrinsic ecological process of nearly all North American ecosystems. Together, this understanding forms the basis for a compelling argument for a different approach to addressing the wildland-urban fire problem. It argues for residential compatibility with wildland fire rather than the necessary prevention of fire encroachment on the community. |
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