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Topic: Wildfire risk assessment
Editor's Note: All blog entries are reviewed and edited for length and clarity by Network staff before approval for posting.
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Feb 11, 2021
Editor’s Note: Daniel Gorham is a research engineer at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. At the IBHS Research Center in South Carolina, Daniel and his… Read More
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Jul 02, 2020
Let’s Put the Cart *After* the Horse: California’s Forest and Fire Capacities Needs Assessment
BY: Allison Jolley , Emily Jane Davis , Nick GouletteAuthor’s note: I hope that this blog finds you and your loved ones safe and relatively well. I originally wrote this post before both the COVID-19 pandemic and the uprising… Read More
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May 28, 2020
Editor’s note: 2020 has brought countless changes to our world. Together, we are beginning to reimagine our way of living—with wildfire, but also in every other sector.… Read More
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May 21, 2020
In 2012, the 10,000+ acre Weber Fire blew through a wilderness study area and into the canyon of a neighborhood where I’d been supporting wildfire preparedness through… Read More
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Sep 19, 2019
Risks and Rewards: Managing Wildfire for Resource Objectives in Northern New Mexico
BY: Emily Jane Davis , Zander Evans, Mike Caggiano, Heidi Huber-StearnsOn July 13th, lightning ignited the Francisquito fire on the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. Forest Service incident decision makers described their management… Read More
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Dec 06, 2018
Using Community Base Maps to Improve the Safety and Effectiveness of Wildfire Response
BY: Mike Caggiano , Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State UniversityThe Importance of Spatial Data When responding to wildfires, firefighters often have difficulty figuring out where the fire is, where it’s going, and what’s in its way.… Read More
Topic: Planning Wildfire Wildfire risk assessment
Type: Tools / Resources
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Apr 05, 2018
Collaborative Spatial Fire Management: Getting Ahead of Fire Using Potential Operational Delineations
BY: Mike Caggiano , Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State UniversityAt the end of a windy summer day, an engine captain receives a smoke report from the dispatch center, readies his crew, and heads up the mountain in search of the fire. The… Read More
Topic: Planning Wildfire risk assessment
Type: Tools / Resources
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Mar 29, 2018
Asking is Better Than Assuming: Enhancing the Work of Wildfire Practitioners with Social Science
BY: Wildfire Research (WiRē) TeamWildfire practitioners face the overwhelming challenge of changing the behaviors of residents and the physical conditions of structures and landscapes. Rather than using… Read More
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Dec 12, 2017
The Line Between Fire Adapted Communities and Fire Resilient Landscapes Isn’t Just Invisible; It Doesn’t Exist
BY: Forest Schafer , Forest SchaferWhile looking through an old hard drive, I found a homework assignment from an undergraduate silviculture class. The assignment was simple: develop a prescription for a full… Read More
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Oct 03, 2017
“[This tool] determined the need for increased public outreach and a central contact during incidents. One year later, a new emergency manager independently reached the same… Read More