A Geospatial Framework to Assess Fireline Effectiveness for Large Wildfires in the Western USA

A Geospatial Framework to Assess Fireline Effectiveness for Large Wildfires in the Western USA

Quantifying fireline effectiveness (FLE) is essential to evaluate the efficiency of large wildfire management strategies to foster institutional learning and improvement in fire management organizations. FLE performance metrics for incident-level evaluation have been developed and applied to a small...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M. Gannon, Matthew P. Thompson, Kira Z. Deming, Jude Bayham, Yu Wei, Christopher D. O’Connor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Fire
Subjects:
performance evaluation
suppression effectiveness
incident strategy
risk management
decision support
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/3/43

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