Influences on State-level Policies for Wildfire Risk Reduction
Author: Marios Anastasis Valiantis
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Published: 2003
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Wildfire Policy
Author: Dean Lueck
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-06-17
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1136520597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change? Are the environmental and fiscal costs of ex ante prevention measures justified? What are the appropriate levels of prevention and suppression responsibility borne by private, state, and federal actors? Can tort liability provide a solution for realigning the grossly distorted incentives that currently exist for private landowners and government firefighters? Do the existing incentives in wildfire institutions provide incentives for efficient private and collective action and how might they be improved?
Federal Wildland Fire Management
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1997-08
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 0788146793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKManaging 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.
WILDFIRE AND COMMUNITY
Author: Douglas Paton
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0398088446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWildfires represent a growing threat to environments, to people, communities, and to societies worldwide, particularly in the United States, Southern Europe, and Australia. Recognition of this growing risk has highlighted a need to develop people's capacity to adapt to annually occurring events that could increase in frequency and severity over the coming years and decades. The goal of ensuring sustained levels of protective measures in communities susceptible to wildfire hazard consequences has proved to be elusive. This book examines why this is so and identifies ways in which sustained levels of preparedness can be facilitated. Major topics include: wildfire preparedness and resiliency in community contexts; socially disastrous landscape fires in southeastern Australia; landscape typology of residential wildfire risk; proactive human response to wildfires outbreak; forest fires in wildland-urban interface, wildfire risk management; “stay or go” policy in the line of fire; social dimensions of forest fire; the influence of community diversity; evaluating a community engagement initiative; response to fire threats; social media and resiliency; and building on lessons learned. Additional information includes the landscape fires in southeastern Australia, wildfire risk management in Portugal; fire preparedness in Greece, Cyprus, and the Pine Barrens in the northeastern United States. The findings of research programs being conducted in the United States, Australia, Europe, India and South America are presented. The book includes case studies on the analysis and proposed actions of the wildland-urban interface being faced by Central Chile and South America. This book will provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the wildfire preparedness research and its application to the development of risk communications and public education programs.
Wildfire Mitigation Policies in California
Author: Rebecca Katherine Miller
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWildfires and other climate change-related disasters threaten lives, property, and the environment. Effective mitigation, coordination, and preparation can improve disaster resilience among governments and local communities. Across three research studies, this dissertation examines local, state, and federal policies in disaster mitigation and resilience in response to recent wildfires in California. In my first study, I examine historic fuel treatment policies, focusing on the integration of prescribed burns into state wildfire management policies. My second study explores current barriers and enablers to increasing the deployment of prescribed burns across private, state, and federal lands. In my third study, I consider the factors that influence participation in a state-recommended, though not mandatory, program designed to reduce wildfire risk through property protection ordinances in local jurisdictions. In sum, the empirical findings of this dissertation contribute to better decision-making for climate change adaptation and disaster resilience policies and practices.
Wildland Fire Risk Reduction
Author: Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOfficials GAO interviewed from the five federal agencies responsible for wildland fire management?the Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service within the Department of the Interior?and nonfederal stakeholders, including state and local officials, homeowners, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations, identified several factors as affecting federal-nonfederal collaboration aimed at reducing wildland fire risk to communities. In some cases these factors were cited as enhancing collaboration, while in other cases they were cited as hindering it. Among the factors identified were federal authorities, agency initiatives, joint community level planning, and others. For example, several officials and stakeholders cited laws such as the Good Neighbor Authority and Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 as enhancing collaboration because they provide federal and nonfederal entities the authority to work across jurisdictions on projects to reduce risk. In addition, several officials and stakeholders cited the 2014 National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy) as helpful for collaboration because it emphasizes the importance of coordination across multiple agencies and includes comprehensive fire management goals. In contrast, some officials and stakeholders said collaboration on certain types of projects was hindered by the difficulty in sharing project costs between federal and nonfederal entities.
Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0309499879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCalifornia and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years. Wildlands and climate experts expect these trends to continue and quite likely to worsen in coming years. Wildfires and other disasters can be particularly devastating for vulnerable communities. Members of these communities tend to experience worse health outcomes from disasters, have fewer resources for responding and rebuilding, and receive less assistance from state, local, and federal agencies. Because burning wood releases particulate matter and other toxicants, the health effects of wildfires extend well beyond burns. In addition, deposition of toxicants in soil and water can result in chronic as well as acute exposures. On June 4-5, 2019, four different entities within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis. The workshop explored the population health, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity consequences of increasingly strong and numerous wildfires, particularly in California. This publication is a summary of the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
Influences on the Establishment of County Wildfire Risk Mitigation Programs
Author: Timothy Richard Soileau
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Published: 2005
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Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-09-23
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9781977512260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDense vegetation, drought, and other factors have resulted in more severe wildland fires in recent years. At the same time, development in and around wildlands continues to increase, with some communities experiencing devastating effects from wildland fire. To reduce risk to communities, federal agencies and nonfederal stakeholders can collaborate in various ways. GAO was asked to review collaboration to reduce wildland fire risk to communities. This report examines federal officials' and stakeholders' views on (1) factors that affect federal-nonfederal collaboration aimed at reducing wildland fire risk to communities and (2) actions that could improve their ability to reduce risk to communities. GAO reviewed laws and documents about collaboration on wildland fire management; compared agency efforts with guidance; and interviewed officials from a nongeneralizable sample of 10 federal land management units selected based on wildland fire potential, geographic diversity, and other factors. GAO also interviewed stakeholders including community members near the selected units and representatives of nonfederal entities involved in fire risk-reduction efforts.
Perceptions of Wildfire Management Practices in a California Wildland-Urban Interface
Author: Samrajya Bikram Thapa
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWildland-urban interface (WUI) regions are exposed to increasing wildfire risk due to the effects of accelerating climate change on fuel flammability, as well as a legacy of fire exclusion that promoted fuel accumulations in seasonally dry forests of western US. State and Federal land management agencies are evolving policies and directing new resources to reduce the effects on homes and infrastructure in the WUI through fuel reductions and enhanced fire management measures. A widely supported strategy is to involve homeowners and their communities in efforts to reduce their exposure to wildfire risk by changing the structure and amount of unwanted vegetation around vulnerable structures, among other practices. Although these practices can reduce vulnerability to wildfires, people are hesitant to implement them for a variety of reasons broadly related to the issues of capacity and access to information. Based on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) conceptual framework, this study identifies salient factors impeding individual actions to reduce wildfire risks, and how those factors influenced willingness to participate in wildfire mitigation behaviors. This study examined intention to use prescribed fire and defensible space among community members as a wildfire management tool. Results from this study suggest intentions to undertake these wildfire management practices are positively associated socio-economic characteristics, along with knowledge regarding best practices, some perceived reasons, or hindrances to implementation, and ability to collaborate with others. These research findings have implications for designing and implementing policy instruments and improving community members' decision-making regarding practices to mitigate fire risk.
