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Wildfire Equipment Development Priority Needs:
A Comparison 1984 to 1998

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Introduction

• The Missoula Technology and Development Center
• The National Wildfire Coordinating Group and the Fire Equipment Working Team

Brief History of Wildfire Equipment Needs Surveys

• 1984: The First Interagency Fire Equipment Survey of Priority Needs
• 1993: Pacific Southwest Region’s (R-5) Fire Equipment Survey of Priority Needs

The 1998 Interagency Fire Equipment Survey of Priority Needs

• A Comparative Study
• Survey Respondents: Work Roles in the Interagency Fire Community
• The Questionnaire and Number of Responses
• Measurement and Analysis of the 1984 and 1998 Survey Data
• Establishing a Priority Needs List for Equipment Development

1998 Survey Findings

Comparing Priority Fire Equipment Development Needs: 1984 to 1998

Reappearing and New Priority Fire Equipment Development Needs

Reflections on the 1998 Fire Equipment Survey

• Major Wildfire Events: 1984 to 1998
• Changing Work Force Characteristics
• Fire Equipment Use Trends
• Understanding the Top-20 Priorities
• So Now What?

"The more things change, the more they are the same"

Alphonse Karr, Les Guepes, January 1849 (6th Series, 1859) p. 305

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