Fuels and fire in land-management planning: Part 3. Costs and losses for management options.

Wayne G. Maxwell; David V. Sandberg; Franklin R. Ward

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-158

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Fuels and fire in land-management planning: Part 3. Costs and losses for management options.

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Authors:

Wayne G. Maxwell, David V. Sandberg, Franklin R. Ward

Year:

1983

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-158

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-158. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 23 p

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Abstract

An approach is illustrated for computing expected costs of fire protection; fuel treatment; fire suppression; damage values; and percent of area lost to wildfire for a management or rotation cycle. Input is derived from Part 1, a method for collecting and classifying the total fuel complex, and Part 2, a method for appraising and rating probable fire behavior. This approach can be used locally for fire management and in land-management planning.

Keywords

Fire management, fuels (forest fire), fire behavior (forest), fire planning, management planning (forest)

Citation

Maxwell, Wayne G.; Sandberg, David V.; Ward, Franklin R. 1983. Fuels and fire in land-management planning: Part 3. Costs and losses for management options. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-158. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 23 p