Citation
(2006), "Wildfire", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2006.07315eag.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Wildfire
Wildfire
LANDFIRE
LANDFIRE is a five-year, multipartner wildland fire, ecosystem, and fuel mapping project designed to generate consistent, comprehensive maps and data describing vegetation, fire, and fuel characteristics across the USA. The primary partners in the project are the Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey, and US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire Lab.
Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/60721.pdf
Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection from the Congressional Research Service discusses the factors contributing to wildfire risk, methods for fuel treatment, fire control funding and policies, and the roles and responsibilities of homeowners and local, state, and federal governments in reducing wildfire risk.
California Fire Alliance
The California Fire Alliance provides an interagency forum for coordinating member agencies' efforts to implement wildland fire protection planning. Their web site features grant resources, communications plans and tools, fire planning and mapping tools, and information on community wildfire protection plans.
National Park Service Fire and Aviation Division
www.nps.gov/fire/utility/uti_timeline.html
The National Park Service Fire and Aviation Division prepared this presentation on fire management history. It includes a time line from 1,600 to present of large fires and fatalities, operational inventions and developments, policy and law, wildland fire operations, and research, education, and public awareness.
Colorado's Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership
Colorado's Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership is an interagency program that reduces wildland fire risks through fuels treatments that are economically feasible, socially acceptable, and ecologically sustainable. This web site includes research and community links and information on community wildfire protection plans, fuels reduction, and fire education. A new report, Living with Fire: Protecting Communities and Restoring Forests – Findings and Recommendations of the Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership Roundtable, is also available.
International Association of Wildland Fire
www.iawfonline.org/pdf/Infamous_World_Fires.pdf
The International Association of Wildland Fire has compiled this list by calendar date of infamous, multiple fatality wildland fires around the world over the last 150 years.