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  1. Developing an aviation exposure index to inform risk-based fire management decisions

    Wildland firefighting is an inherently dangerous activity, and aviation-related accidents in particular comprise a large share of firefighter fatalities. Due to limited understanding of operational factors that lead to aviation accidents, it is unclear how local decisionmakers, responsible for requesting aviation support, can mitigate the risk of an aviation accident...

    Author(s):
    Crystal S. Stonesifer; David E. Calkin; Matthew P. Thompson; Jeffrey D. Kaiden
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    aviation, decision support, firefighter exposure, wildfire safety
    Source:
    Journal of Forestry. 112(6): 581-590.

  2. Simulation and thermal imaging of the 2006 Esperanza Wildfire in southern California: application of a coupled weather-wildland fire model

    The 2006 Esperanza Fire in Riverside County, California, was simulated with the Coupled Atmosphere-Wildland Fire Environment (CAWFE) model to examine how dynamic interactions of the atmosphere with large-scale fire spread and energy release may affect observed patterns of fire behavior as mapped using the FireMapper thermal imaging radiometer. CAWFE simulated the...

    Author(s):
    Janice L. Coen; Philip J Riggan
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    airborne remote sensing, coupled atmosphere-fire model, fire behavior, horizontal roll vortices, Santa Ana winds
    Source:
    International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23(6): 755-770

  3. Large airtanker use and outcomes in suppressing wildland fires in the United States

    Wildfire activity in the United States incurs substantial costs and losses, and presents challenges to federal, state, tribal and local agencies that have responsibility for wildfire management. Beyond the potential socioeconomic and ecological losses, and the monetary costs to taxpayers due to suppression, wildfire management is a dangerous occupation. Aviation...

    Author(s):
    David E. Calkin; Crystal S. Stonesifer; Matthew P. Thompson; Charles W. McHugh
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    cost effectiveness, fire and aviation management
    Source:
    International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23: 259-271.
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