Overcoming Barriers to Firewise Actions by Residents. Final Report to Joint Fire Science Program

Jim Absher; Jerry J. Vaske; Katie M. Lyon

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Overcoming Barriers to Firewise Actions by Residents. Final Report to Joint Fire Science Program

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jim Absher, Jerry J. Vaske, Katie M. Lyon

Year:

2013

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. 53 p. (http://www.firescience.gov/projects/10-3-01-15/project/10-3-01-15_final_report.pdf)

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Abstract

Encouraging the public to take action (e.g., creating defensible space) that can reduce the likelihood of wildfire damage and decrease the likelihood of injury is a common approach to increasing wildfire safety and damage mitigation. This study was designed to improve our understanding of both individual and community actions that homeowners currently do or might take to protect their home or property, and the barriers that impede homeowners from completing firewise treatments to their home or property.

Keywords

Firewise actions, Wildland fire, Wildland-urban interface, Colorado

Citation

Absher, James D.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Lyon, Katie M. 2013. Overcoming Barriers to Firewise Actions by Residents. Final Report to Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP Project Number 10-3-01-15). Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. 53 p. (http://www.firescience.gov/projects/10-3-01-15/project/10-3-01-15_final_report.pdf)