Allocation model for firefighting resources ... a progress report

Frederick W. Bratten

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Allocation model for firefighting resources ... a progress report

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Frederick W. Bratten

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-214. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p

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Abstract

A study is underway at the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station to develop computer techniques for planning suppression efforts in large wildfires. A mathematical model for allocation of firefighting resources in a going fire has been developed. Explicit definitions are given for strategic and tactical planning functions. How the model might be used is illustrated by a fictitious but realistic problem. Limitations in the approach and ways in which the model might be improved are described.

Keywords

fire suppression planning, resource allocation models

Citation

Bratten, Frederick W. 1970. Allocation model for firefighting resources ... a progress report. Res. Note PSW-RN-214. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p