Risk analysis evolved out of the need to make decisions concerning highly stochastic
events, and is well suited to analyse the timing, location and potential effects of wildfires …

Wildland fire management is subject to manifold sources of uncertainty. Beyond the
unpredictability of wildfire behavior, uncertainty stems from inaccurate/missing data, limited …

This is a review of recent efforts to develop and implement forest and wildland fire
management decision support systems (FMDSS) that fire managers can use to enhance …

Billions of dollars are spent annually in the United States to contain large wildland fires, but
the factors contributing to suppression success remain poorly understood. We used a …

Abstract Purpose of Review The effectiveness of wildfire suppression is difficult to define as
it can be assessed against different objectives and at a range of scales. The influence of …

Characterising the impacts of wildland fire and fire suppression is critical information for fire
management decision-making. Here, we focus on decisions related to the rare larger and …

Forest fire management systems share much in common with urban fire, police and
ambulance systems, but the spatial and temporal variability of forest fire occurrence …

Wildland fire managers deploy suppression resources to bases and dispatch them to fires to
maximize the percentage of fires that are successfully contained before unacceptable costs …

Wildfires are an inherent part of the landscape in many parts of the world; however, they
often impose substantial economic burdens on human populations where they occur, both in …

Abstract Purpose of Review Containing and controlling wildfire incidents is one of the main
functions of fire management. Understanding how this can be done effectively and efficiently …