@article{66d39db8d9044f8fa9b3a39f44be97f1,
title = "Strategic application of wildland fire suppression in the southwestern United States",
abstract = "Much of the western United States is experiencing longer fire seasons with an increased frequency of high-severity fires and fire risk. Fire managers in the southwestern United States have increased efforts to reduce fire risk by managing more fires to meet resource objectives (e.g. thin forests, reduce hazardous fuel loads, and restore the landscape). However, little is known about the situational circumstances and decision space that inform the strategic response to wildland fire. Using generalized and time-to-event modeling techniques, we examined how fire management decisions are reached in a context informed by weather, burning conditions, and subsequent fire behavior. Modeling results captured daily containment probabilities along a gradient from limiting natural conditions to suppression invoked containment. Results inform fire management decisions, future research efforts, and the simulation of wildland fires with resource objectives.",
author = "Young, {Jesse D.} and Thode, {Andrea E.} and Huang, {Ching Hsun} and Ager, {Alan A.} and Ful{\'e}, {Pete Z.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was funded by the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program (#G1003488). Special thanks goes to Douglas Dalenberg for suggesting time-to-event modeling procedures, Mark Finney for advising in the generalization of the managed fire containment model, and the fire management community in the Southwest for their valuable insights in fire management variables, and identifying wildland fires with multiple resource objectives. Specifically we want to thank personnel from the US Forest Service, Southwest Region and US National Parks Service, Grand Canyon National Park. Funding Information: This research was funded by the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program ( #G1003488 ). Special thanks goes to Douglas Dalenberg for suggesting time-to-event modeling procedures, Mark Finney for advising in the generalization of the managed fire containment model, and the fire management community in the Southwest for their valuable insights in fire management variables, and identifying wildland fires with multiple resource objectives. Specifically we want to thank personnel from the US Forest Service, Southwest Region and US National Parks Service, Grand Canyon National Park. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.003",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "245",
pages = "504--518",
journal = "Journal of Environmental Management",
issn = "0301-4797",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}