Quantifying the Potential Impacts of Fuel Treatments on Wildfire Suppression Costs | Zendy

Matthew P. Thompson | Zendy; Nicole M. Vaillant | Zendy; Jessica R. Haas | Zendy; Krista M. Gebert | Zendy; Keith D. Stockmann | Zendy

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Quantifying the Potential Impacts of Fuel Treatments on Wildfire Suppression Costs

Author(s) -

Matthew P. Thompson,

Nicole M. Vaillant,

Jessica R. Haas,

Krista M. Gebert,

Keith D. Stockmann

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of forestry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.636

H-Index - 74

eISSN - 1938-3746

pISSN - 0022-1201

DOI - 10.5849/jof.12-027

Subject(s) - environmental science , prescribed burn , environmental resource management , forest management , scale (ratio) , baseline (sea) , geography , forestry , agroforestry , cartography , oceanography , geology

pression costs. Our approach pairs wildfire simulation outputs with a regression cost model and quantifies the influence of fuel treatments on distributions of wildfire sizes and suppression costs. Estimates of suppression cost reductions can ultimately be compared to treatment costs within a cost-benefit framework.

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