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Prediction errors in wildland fire situation analyses.
| Authors: | Geoffrey Donovan, Peter Noordijk |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Type: | Scientific Journal |
| Station: | Pacific Northwest Research Station |
| Source: | Fire Management Today. 65(2): 25-27 |
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Abstract
Wildfires consume budgets and put the heat on fire managers to justify and control suppression costs. To determine the appropriate suppression strategy, land managers must conduct a wildland fire situation analysis (WFSA) when: A wildland fire is expected to or does escape initial attack, A wildland fire managed for resource benefits exceeds prescription parameters, or A prescribed fire exceeds its prescription and is declared a wildfire.On large wildfires, land managers sometimes conduct five or more WFSAs.