To Burn or Not to Burn Summary of the Forum on Urban/Wildland Fire, January 26, 2001, Washington, DC (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Structures themselves are a major fuel source for urban/wil~ancT fires. We density of housing development and the combustibility of materials used in their construction substantially affect fuel loading and fire behavior (Baum and Rehm 2001~.
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lack of interorgani7.ational trairung among emergency response departments that responded to the fire from the surrounding region; and (8) inadequate information infrastructure to support decision making among multiple organizations and jurisdictions in a rapidly evolving disaster response system With the benefit of federal assistance and over one billion dollars in private insurance payments, the burned area svas substantially rebuilt at the same or greater density due to unwillingness of local political authorities to buyout properties or change permissible · .
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When the President issues a major disaster declaration or when an agency issues an emergency fire suppression declaration, the federal treasury reimburses a percentage of state and local response costs in addition to the direct costs of federal response (e.g.
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Controlled bumming to maintain a natural forest ecosystem in urban areas also confronts local hostility according to the managers of the H;tchcock Woods in Aiken, South Carolina as reported at a recent conference in Columbia, South Carolina on Shaping the Ecology of a Cty(~rch 26-27, 2001~. ILe second approach, selective harvesting, is opposed by environmental organizations like the Sierra Cub due to the potential damage to natural habitat and endangered species Janofsky 2000)
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necessary fire fighting resources available, restoring landscapes and rebuilding communities, investing In projects to reduce fire risk, working directly with communities, and being accountable. Science can play an important role in documenting the interaction between different elements of the biophysicai and human systems that comprise the urban interface, quantifying variability and uncertainty for improved risk management decision making, describing extreme event scenanos, and challenging conventional assumptions.
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to achieve better development and building practices; Education and incentives (remodeling guidelines, demos for builders, tax abatement, permit fee waivers on retrofits) ; Potential role of the private insurance industry in establishing voluntary or compulsory standards for fire risk reduction in urban/wil~and fringe; · Development of training modules for fire personnel in techniques of risk assessment and fire suppression for urban/wildland fire, using computer graphics and simulation to enhance learning for operations in this dangerous environment; Design and development of an interdisciplinary knowledge base regarding the vulnerability of communities exposed to risk of Holland fire; and Development of computer-based models that simulate rapidly escalating urban/wildland fires and include the range of conditions that contribute to fire, as wed as the range of conditions that r ~ · ~ us ~ olt it.
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