Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System
Joint Authors
Noonan-Wright, Erin K.
Zimmerman, G. Thomas
Elenz, Lisa M.
Fiedler, John R.
Opperman, Tonja S.
Seli, Robert C.
Calkin, David E.
Finney, Mark A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A new decision support tool, the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) has been developed to support risk-informed decision-making for individual fires in the United States.
WFDSS accesses national weather data and forecasts, fire behavior prediction, economic assessment, smoke management assessment, and landscape databases to efficiently formulate and apply information to the decision making process.
Risk-informed decision-making is becoming increasingly important as a means of improving fire management and offers substantial opportunities to benefit natural and community resource protection, management response effectiveness, firefighter resource use and exposure, and, possibly, suppression costs.
This paper reviews the development, structure, and function of WFDSS, and how it contributes to increased flexibility and agility in decision making, leading to improved fire management program effectiveness.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Noonan-Wright, Erin K.& Opperman, Tonja S.& Finney, Mark A.& Zimmerman, G. Thomas& Seli, Robert C.& Elenz, Lisa M.…[et al.]. 2011. Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System. Journal of Combustion،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Noonan-Wright, Erin K.…[et al.]. Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System. Journal of Combustion No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-14.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Noonan-Wright, Erin K.& Opperman, Tonja S.& Finney, Mark A.& Zimmerman, G. Thomas& Seli, Robert C.& Elenz, Lisa M.…[et al.]. Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System. Journal of Combustion. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451326
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451326