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Fire Prevention

Wildfire prevention is about keeping fires from starting and spreading. It is an integral part of fire suppression, with elements ranging from public education to hazard reduction.

Wildfire prevention efforts include firewise construction (to reduce the risk that a home will catch fire), as well as community, landscape, and policy activities that will reduce the overall risk of wildfire occurrence and spread (fuel reduction, firewise landscaping, fire codes, etc.) and will increase the ability for firefighters to suppress a wildfire (fuel breaks, road access, etc.).

See the following for more information:

Firewise - Annotated links to information about the Firewise initiative and the National Fire Plan, including Firewise workshops and Firewise Communities/USA.
Fire Information - Annotated links to websites with national- and state-provided information.
Fuels Reduction - One of the ways to reduce fire risk is to reduce the amount of fuel available to burn

Hazardous Fuel Reduction Research
Successful reduction of hazardous fuel requires that managers have knowledge about the location of fuel accumulations, and are able to evaluate and prioritize treatment alternatives accounting for trade-offs among different objectives. Researchers with knowledge of remote sensing technology, spatial data analysis and modeling systems, and fundamental science and simulation techniques can help find solutions to complex managerial problems.
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Wildland Fire Mitigation Considered Cost-Effective
National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
A panel from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) found that wildland fires could be managed in a more cost-effective manner through cooperation, sharing responsibilities for fire suppression, and working with incentive programs.
Wildfire Suppression: Strategies for Containing Costs (2002) provides the panel's recommendations.
Background and Research Report (2002) provides the case studies and other research on which the panel based its recommendations.
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AZFireInfo.com
http://www.azfireinfo.com/

This Interagency wildfire prevention and information group provides a host of information on wildfire prevention, including mapping information about public lands and fire weather in Arizona.

Firewise Workshops in Arizona
As part of the statewide program, Firewise and other wildfire related educational workshops are offered by many of the cooperating agencies, including University of Arizona Cooperative Extension offices in Arizona’s counties and tribes. Workshop topics include Firewise Landscaping, Creating Defensible Space, Wildfire Safety, Wildfire Recovery and more.

National Fire Plan Fuels Reduction Program

Arizona

New Mexico

National Fire Plan FY 2002 Programs

for Arizona

for New Mexico

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Wildfire Research
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