How Risk Management Can Prevent Future Wildfire Disasters in the Wildland-Urban Interface
PNAS, 111(2): 746-751, 2014
By: Jack Cohen, Matthew Thompson, National Academy of Sciences
http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/2/746.full.pdf
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This article examines how land management agencies, first responders, and affected communities can apply principles of risk analysis to reduce the potential for losses caused by wildfires. It emphasizes the recognition of home ignition problem determined by home ignition conditions towards reduction of home loss.