Risk Management
Wildfire risk is based on several factors. These include fire history of an area, predicted intensity of a wildfire, a community’s exposure, and its susceptibility of having an ignition. Having a better understanding of the factors affecting your community can help you better prioritize your risk reduction activities. This section is devoted to resources to assist you on understanding and managing wildfire risk.
Journal of the California Native Plant Society: Native Plants and Fire Safety
This issue of the Journal of the California Native Plant Society is devoted to...
Wildfire Risk to Communities
Wildfire Risk to Communities is a free, easy-to-use website with interactive...
Spatial Distribution of Wildfires Ignited under Katabatic versus Non-Katabatic Winds in Mediterranean Southern California USA
Wildfires are a major hazard to humans in the southern California...
How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface
Recent fire seasons in the western United States are some of the most damaging...
Why were California’s wine country fires so destructive?
The Tubbs fire began on the night of Oct. 8 near Calistoga in Sonoma County...
When the well runs dry
Drought sets the stage for crowded forests to succumb to bark beetles. Chris...
The Wildland Urban Interface Fire Problem
The fire destruction of hundreds of homes associated with wildfires...
Wiley
The pattern and rate of vegetational changes after fire are not well known for...
TRADE-OFFS OF REDUCING CHAPARRAL FIRE HAZARD
Fire risk reduction is not always mutually beneficial for people and nature...
U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests
Current U.S. forest fire policy emphasizes short-term outcomes versus...
Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire–climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600–2015 CE
Large wildfires in California cause significant socioecological impacts,and...
A Summary of Fire Frequency Estimates for California Vegetation before Euro-American Settlement
California fire regimes have been altered from those that occurred prior to...
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