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Book Synopsis Addressing the Wildland/urban Interface Problem by : Gary E. Bullock
Download or read book Addressing the Wildland/urban Interface Problem written by Gary E. Bullock and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommendations were to present homeowner awareness/defensible space workshops; conduct a risk analysis of interface areas; review and strengthen mutual aid agreements; review the Departments controlled burning policy; continue wildland cross-training of personnel; adopt a structural triage system; simplify and encourage brush and debris disposal for citizens; and establish defensible space information on the Municipality's World Wide Web page. The remaining provisions would be accomplished as funding and staffing allowed.
Book Synopsis Addressing Misconceptions about Wildland-urban Interface Issues by : Martha C. Monroe
Download or read book Addressing Misconceptions about Wildland-urban Interface Issues written by Martha C. Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Collaborative Capacity, Problem Framing, and Mutual Trust in Addressing the Wildland Fire Social Problem by : Jeffrey J. Brooks
Download or read book Collaborative Capacity, Problem Framing, and Mutual Trust in Addressing the Wildland Fire Social Problem written by Jeffrey J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We reviewed, annotated, and organized recent social science research and developed a framework for addressing the wildland fire social problem. We annotated articles related to three topic areas or factors, which are critical for understanding collective action, particularly in the wildland-urban interface. These factors are collaborative capacity, problem framing, and mutual trust. The integration of these is a prerequisite of collective action to develop Community Wildfire Protection Plans, reduce vegetative fuels, enhance public safety and preparedness, and/or create defensible space. Collective action requires partnerships, common goals, and a common language. Understanding the inter-relationships between the factors that enable collective action is important to collaborative partnerships, forest managers, and social science researchers as they work together to address the wildland fire social problem.
Book Synopsis The Biswell Symposium, Fire Issues and Solutions in Urban Interface and Wildland Ecosystems by :
Download or read book The Biswell Symposium, Fire Issues and Solutions in Urban Interface and Wildland Ecosystems written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface by : Kenneth S. Blonski
Download or read book Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface written by Kenneth S. Blonski and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique guide to solutions and strategies for managing fire at the urban edge. Offers analytical tools and comprehensive summaries not found in other manuals dealing with fire mitigation. Designed as a reference, it provides information on codes and laws, and includes case studies, tables, figures, suggested websites, and other source material. Draws on best practices from California, with lessons applicable nationwide. Equally useful to state, federal, and local agency staff and officials, fire agency staff, attorneys, architects, landscape architects, property owners, developers, insurance company managers, and business and community leaders.
Book Synopsis Using Social Science to Understand and Improve Wildland Fire Organizations by : Gregory Larson
Download or read book Using Social Science to Understand and Improve Wildland Fire Organizations written by Gregory Larson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wildland fire community has spent the past decade trying to understand and account for the role of human factors in wildland fire organizations. Social research that is relevant to managing fire organizations can be found in disciplines such as social psychology, management, and communication. However, such research has been published primarily for scientific and business audiences, and much of the fire community has not been exposed to it. Here, we have compiled and organized knowledge from a variety of social science disciplines so that it can be used to improve organizational practices related to firefighter and public safety, to assess the effectiveness of safety campaigns, and to improve firefighter safety trainings. This annotated reading list summarizes approximately 270 books, articles, and online resources that address scientific and management concepts helpful for understanding the human side of fire management. The first section, Human Factors and Firefighting, introduces readers to key workshops and writings that led to the recognition that human factors are prime ingredients of firefighter safety. The second section, Foundations for Understanding Organizations, consists of social science research that provides a foundation for understanding organizational dynamics. This section includes readings on decision making and sensemaking, organizational culture, identification and identity, leadership and change, organizational learning, and teams and crews. The third section, Understanding Organizations in High Risk Contexts, explores organizations that deal regularly with risk, uncertainty and crisis. This section includes readings on risk and uncertainty, high reliability organizing, and crisis communication. The publication concludes with Internet resources available for those interested in the management of fire organizations.
Book Synopsis People and Fire at the Wildland/urban Interface by : Robert D. Gale
Download or read book People and Fire at the Wildland/urban Interface written by Robert D. Gale and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Thoughts on the Wildland-urban Interface Fire Problem, June 2003 by : Jack Cohen
Download or read book Thoughts on the Wildland-urban Interface Fire Problem, June 2003 written by Jack Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USDA Forest Service along with the National Fire Protection Association generated the National Wildland-Urban Interface Initiative in response to the residential fire destruction during the 1985 fire season. Since 1990, political attention has increased to homes destroyed and communities evacuated during extreme wildland fires. Wildland-urban interface fire spectacles dominated the 2002 U.S. fire season. Federal fire policy and suppression operations reflect the socio-political attention to protecting homes from burning during wildland fires. Supporting policy documents include the Cohesive Strategy, the revised Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy, the National Fire Plan, and the Healthy Forests Initiative. The documents, in varying degrees, propose remedial actions for protecting communities from wildland fire as well as actions addressing ecosystem and organizational needs. Although the wildland-urban interface has become an important issue, an appropriate, scientifically based definition of the wildland-urban interface fire problem remains elusive. Proposed management actions are not necessarily based on explicit physical descriptions of how homes ignite related to the characteristics of wildland fires. This suggests that we may be missing significant opportunities for effectively and efficiently preventing residential fire disasters during wildland fires.
Book Synopsis Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface by : Susan W. Vince
Download or read book Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface written by Susan W. Vince and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers. Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservat
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Book Synopsis NIST Technical Note 1748 Framework for Addressing the NationalWildland Urban Interface Fire Problem ? Determining Fire and Ember Exposure Zones Using a WUI Hazard Scale by : U.s. Department of Commerce
Download or read book NIST Technical Note 1748 Framework for Addressing the NationalWildland Urban Interface Fire Problem ? Determining Fire and Ember Exposure Zones Using a WUI Hazard Scale written by U.s. Department of Commerce and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destruction of homes and businesses from Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) fires has been steadily escalating as have the fire suppression costs associated with them. Since 2000, in the United States, over 3,000 homes per year are lost to WUI fires. This is compared to about 900 homes in the 1990s, and 400 homes in the 1970s. In 2011, in Texas alone, over 2,000 homes were destroyed during WUI fires. The WUI fire problem affects both existing communities and new construction. In the U.S, the problem is most acute in the western and southern states; however, WUI fires have also recently destroyed homes in the Mid-Atlantic States and the Pacific Northwest.
Book Synopsis Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface by : Susan W. Vince
Download or read book Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface written by Susan W. Vince and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests at the wildland-urban interface are at increasing risk due to the impacts of urbanization. Conserving and managing these forestlands for continued ecological and social benefits is a critical and complex challenge facing natural resource managers, land-use planners, and policymakers. Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management provides information, strategies, and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policymaking at the wildland-urban interface. The text is arranged in five sections: forestland changes at the wildland-urban interface and why they are occurring; economic, policy, and land-use planning tools that can be used to manage growth; methods for communicating with and engaging the public; ecosystem management tools for sustaining the provision of ecological goods and services from interface forests; and ways in which various types of landowners are pursuing conservation and management of forests in the interface. By combining science and management, theory and practical problem solving, this book addresses a broad range of issues associated with the wildland-urban interface and provides possible solutions. Natural resource professionals and urban planners will find this a crucial resource for coordinating and implementing sound policy and practice.
Book Synopsis Wildland Urban Interface by : James R. Karels
Download or read book Wildland Urban Interface written by James R. Karels and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FEMA /DHS/USFA developed the “ Wildland Urban Interface: A Look at Issues and Resolutions” to stimulate action by raising awareness of the crisis that our nation faces related to wildfire in the WUI and lay out a unified, strategic approach to risk reduction at the national, state, regional and local levels. In developing this report, a cross-functional group of stakeholders and subject matter experts (SMEs) from across the nation convened to identify 33 challenges within 13 key WUI issues and develop recommendations to address each challenge. In total, 112 recommendations are presented. These recommendations address challenges in firefighter health and safety, public health and safety, evacuations, forest and rangeland health and resiliency, climate change, community planning and resiliency, infrastructure and utilities, communication strategy and engagement operations, socioeconomic impacts, recovery, emerging technology, data use and modeling, and risk management in wildland fire. The recommendations should be pursued together, forming a system of strategies that require urgent, sustained and actionable implementations. These recommendations are not quick fixes, but solutions for the long term. Leadership on and commitment to the implementation of these recommendations results in a safer America.
Book Synopsis Framework for Addressing the National Wildland Urban Interface Fire Problem - Determining Fire and Ember Exposure Zones Using a WUI Hazard Scale by : Alexander Maranghides
Download or read book Framework for Addressing the National Wildland Urban Interface Fire Problem - Determining Fire and Ember Exposure Zones Using a WUI Hazard Scale written by Alexander Maranghides and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destruction of homes and businesses from Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) fires has been steadily escalating as have the fire suppression costs associated with them. Since 2000, in the United States, over 3,000 homes per year are lost to WUI fires. This is compared to about 900 homes in the 1990s, and 400 homes in the 1970s. In 2011, in Texas alone, over 2,000 homes were destroyed during WUI fires. The WUI fire problem affects both existing communities and new construction. In the U.S, the problem is most acute in the western and southern states; however, WUI fires have also recently destroyed homes in the Mid-Atlantic States and the Pacific Northwest. One of the fundamental issues driving the destruction of homes at the interface is the very limited coupling between building codes and standards and potential fire and ember exposure. The limited exposure information currently available does not address the full range of realistic WUI exposures and offers little context for the design of ignition resistant landscapes and buildings. While the principles of ignition and fire spread at the WUI have been known, actual exposure quantification has been very limited. The resulting gap between exposure and structure ignition has therefore resulted in a lack of tested and implementable hazard mitigation solutions. As an example, there is currently little quantifiable information that links the ember generation from wildland fuels to building assemblies testing. A WUI fire and ember exposure scale (WUI-scale) needs to be created to help consistently quantify the expected severity of WUI fire events based on measures, or scales, of expected ember and fire exposure. Once established, these technically based ember and fire exposures for the WUI can form the technical foundation for the development of a set of performance based building codes aimed at providing a level of structure ignition protection commensurate with the expected fire and/or ember exposure. The concept is based on quantifying expected fire and ember exposure throughout an existing WUI community. The proposed WUI-scale can be used to explicitly identify WUI areas that have a fire problem, as opposed to areas that meet housing density or wildland vegetation requirements as is frequently done. The scale can therefore be used to provide the boundaries where specific land use and/or building construction regulations would apply. Finally, the exposure scale can be used for both new and existing WUI communities.
Book Synopsis Culture, Conflict, And Communication In The Wildland-urban Interface by : Alan W Ewert
Download or read book Culture, Conflict, And Communication In The Wildland-urban Interface written by Alan W Ewert and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1993-09-20 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most pressing issues currently facing society's use of natural resources is the influence that urbanization and urban cultures have on wildland uses. This collection of essays addresses a variety of wildland-urban issues and topics including: identifying the characteristics of cross-cultural wildland users; developing a land ethic among nontraditional forest users; communicating effectively with diverse cultures among users; and managing depreciative behavior. Created for scholars, natural resource managers, planners, and policymakers, this book will also prove invaluable to anyone interested in exploring our land ethic and its impact on our land."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Federal Wildland Fire Management by : DIANE Publishing Company
Download or read book Federal Wildland Fire Management written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing wildland fire in the U.S. is a challenge increasing in complexity & magnitude. The goals & actions presented in this report encourage a proactive approach to wildland fire to reduce its threat. Five major topic areas on the subject are addressed: the role of wildland fire in resource management; the use of wildland fire; preparedness & suppression; wildland/urban interface protection; & coordinated program management. Also presented are the guiding principle that are fundamental to wildland fire management & recommendations for fire management policies. Photos, graphs, & references.
Book Synopsis Federal Wildland Fire Management by : United States. Department of the Interior
Download or read book Federal Wildland Fire Management written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
