The economics of wildfire in the United States

J Bayham, JK Yoder, PA Champ… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Wildfire is a natural phenomenon with substantial economic consequences, and its
management is complex, dynamic, and rife with incentive problems. This article reviews the …

Environmental health of wildland firefighters: a scoping review

MB Held, MR Ragland, S Wood, A Pearson… - Fire Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Wildland firefighters are likely to experience heightened risks to safety, health,
and overall well-being as changing climates increase the frequency and intensity of …

An interdisciplinary agent-based multimodal wildfire evacuation model: Critical decisions and life safety

MRK Siam, H Wang, MK Lindell, C Chen… - … research part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article applies an interdisciplinary agent-based model (ABM) of wildfire evacuation to
the devastating 2018 wildfire in Mati, Greece, where the second-deadliest wildfire of the 21st …

All-hazards dataset mined from the US National Incident Management System 1999–2020

LA St. Denis, KC Short, K McConnell, MC Cook… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
This paper describes a dataset mined from the public archive (1999–2020) of the US
National Incident Management System Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) forms (a total of …

Characterising ignition precursors associated with high levels of deployment of wildland fire personnel

AC Cullen, BR Goldgeier, E Belval… - International Journal of …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background As fire seasons in the Western US intensify and lengthen, fire managers have
been grappling with increases in simultaneous, significant incidents that compete for …

How Are Weather and Climate Products and Decision Support Systems Used in Wildland Fire Decision-Making in the US Southwest?

DB Ferguson, GB Frisvold, C Maxwell… - … Climate, and Society, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Wildland fire management is a challenging environment in which to utilize scientific
information. Despite the robust information system that supports US wildland fire …

[HTML][HTML] Metrics and Considerations for Evaluating How Forest Treatments Alter Wildfire Behavior and Effects

AG Vorster, C Stevens-Rumann, N Young… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The influence of forest treatments on wildfire effects is challenging to interpret. This is, in
part, because the impact forest treatments have on wildfire can be slight and variable across …

A geospatial framework to assess fireline effectiveness for large wildfires in the western USA

BM Gannon, MP Thompson, KZ Deming, J Bayham… - Fire, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantifying fireline effectiveness (FLE) is essential to evaluate the efficiency of large wildfire
management strategies to foster institutional learning and improvement in fire management …

A quantitative wildfire risk assessment using a modular approach of geostatistical clustering and regionally distinct valuations of assets—A case study in Oregon

A Schmidt, D Leavell, J Punches, MA Rocha Ibarra… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The intensity and scale of wildfires has increased throughout the Pacific Northwest in recent
decades, especially within the last decade, destroying vast amounts of valuable resources …

Predicting daily firefighting personnel deployment trends in the western United States

K Young, E Belval, K Riley, P Gao - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Projected increases in wildfire frequency, size, and severity may further stress already
scarce firefighting resources in the western United States that are in high demand. Machine …