Conference Program

Session 1

Session 2A

Session 2B

Session 2C

Session 3A

Session 3B

Session 4

Session 5A

Session 5B

Session 6A

Session 6B

Poster Sessions

Session 1

Europe: development and fire
Ricardo Vélez Muñoz

Forest Fires in Mexico and Central América
Roberto Martínez Domínguez ; Dante Arturo Rodríguez Trejo

Managing efforts to prevent forest fires in South America
Guillermo Julio Alvear

Session 2A

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A long-term perspective on wildfire season severity and Forest Service suppression costs in the western United States
Anthony Westerling ; Daniel Cayan; Thomas Swetnam; Krista Gebert

Fire Suppression Cost and Area Burned Forecasts for the USDA Forest Service
Krista Gebert ; Anthony Westerling; Alexander Gershunov; Jeff Prestemon; Karen Abt

Towards Developing a Global Wildland Fire Strategy
Johann G. Goldammer

United States Forest Service (USFS) NRIS-INFORMS-Fire/Fuels Analysis Tool
David S. Martinez

Session 2B

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A model for the management of fire-fighting resources in the control of Forest Fires
Ramón Granada M. ; Guillermo Julio A.; Patricio Pedernera A.; Miguel Castillo S

Fire Program Analysis System Preparedness Module
H. Roose ; L. Ballard; J. Manley; N. Saleen; S. Harbert

Frameworks for Representing Large-Fire Decision Processes and Outcomes
Donald G. MacGregor ; Armando Gonzalez-Caban

Strategic budgeting for initial response costs incurred in wild-land fire management an integer programming approach
Gyana Parija ; Dan Kéller; Brian Booher

Session 2C

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Economic analysis in the control of fuel loading in Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Prescribed burning, an alternative to mechanical methods
Francisco Rodríguez y Silva

Estimation of risk factors of human ignition of fires in Spain by means of logistic regression
Jesús Martínez ; Emilio Chuvieco; Pilar Martín

Linking Economics and Extreme Wildfire Regimes
Thomas Holmes ; Tony Westerling

Practical application of a daily prediction model for the occurrence of human caused forest fires in Catalonia
Cristina Vega-García ; Christian Ortiz Ruiz; Raquel Canet Castellà; Inés Sánchez Bosch; Daniel Queralt Creus

Technical and economic assessment of the use of aerial resources in fighting forest fires
J. C. Mérida ; J. J. Gallar; E. García; E. Primo

The economics of interface wildfires
John Handmer ; Beth Proudley

Session 3A

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Actions of the International Association for Mediterranean Forests in order to Prevent Forest Fires
 

An accounting system for use in evaluating the commercial and environmental effects of public spending on the mitigation of forest fires in the Mediterranean area
Pablo Campos-Palacín ; José Luis Oviedo-Pro; Alejandro Caparrós-Gass

An economic assessment of fuels treatments at the landscape level
Hayley Hesseln ; Don Helmbrecht; Janet Sullivan; Greg Jones; Kevin Hyde

Approach to reaching an Optimum Budget for Forest Fire Prevention, and its Application to the Forest Areas of Mediterranean Spain
Esteban Castellano ; Carolina Alum; Carolina Rodríguez

Comparison of Video and Phone Interview Survey Administration in Determining Public Support and Willingness to Pay for Prescribed Burning in California
John Loomis ; Julie Miller; Armando González-Cabán; Joseph Champ

Recovery of the Amenity Values of Old Growth Forests following Crown Fires: an Empirical Analysis of Jasper National Park
Jeffrey Englin ; Jered McDonald; Klaus Moeltner

WARM Research Project: Managing Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Wildland-Urban Interface
David Caballero ; Isabel  Beltrán; Frédérique Giroud; Andrea Camia; Gavriil Xanthopoulos; José Antonio Manzanera; Ludek Sisak; Jan Holecy

Session 3B

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Costs and benefits of reducing sediment production from wildfires through prescribed burning: The Kinneloa fire case study
Armando González-Cabán ; Peter Wohlgemuth; John B. Loomis; David R. Weise

Fire and economics: Understanding the Amazonia s fire arch
Tatiana Schor ; Arnaldo Carneiro Filho; Carlos de Almeida Toledo

Follow-up to large-scale forest fires to aid in evaluating economic losses
Miguel Castillo S. ; Patricio Pedernera A.; Guillermo Julio A.

Mechanisms for the Internalisation of the Environmental Benefits of Forests and their Application to Forest Fire Prevention
Ignacio Elorrieta ; Concepción Rey

Reconstruction of forest areas using geo-statistics as an aid in the evaluation of burned areas
J. Germán Flores G. ; David Moreno G.; Francisco Rincón R.

Socio-economic Value of Fire Weather Services: A Case Study of Fire Weather Information for Prescribed Burning
Don Gunasekera ; Graham Mills; Tony Bannister

Three Great Myths of Wildfire Management
Douglas B. Rideout ; Pamela S. Ziesler

Tradeoffs between Fire and Habitat Management in a Forest Reserve
S. Hummel ; D. Calkin; R.J. Barbour

Session 4

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Effects of Forest Fire Protection on Plant Diversity in a Tropical Deciduous Dipterocarp-Oak Forest, Thailand
Shesh Kanta

Forest Fire Prevention Plans in National Parks: Ordesa Nacional Park and Monte Perdido
Basilio Rada ; Luis Marquina

Integral Plan for the Prevention of Forest Fires in Spain in the case of the Community of Valencia
Javier Gómez ; Ángel Guzmán

Methodological proposal for analysing the Vulnerability and Potential Gravity of Forest Fires within the framework of Civil Protection
Carmen Aragoneses ; José Rábade

Program for Post-Fire Monitoring and Control in the Forest Ecosystems of Moratalla (Murcia, Spain)
Juan de Dios Cabezas ; Remigio Masia

Simulating the impact of acres burned on goals for sustainable forest management
Jimmie D. Chew ; Barry Bollenbacher

Social Impact of large-scale forest fires
José Rábade ; Carmen Aragoneses

The increase in forest fires in natural woodland and forestry plantations in Chile
Eduardo Peña-Fernández ; Luis Valenzuela-Palma

Session 5A

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Comparative analysis between the forest fire prevention systems in Sicily (Italy) and Andalusia (Spain)
Clara Quesada Fernández

Control of Forest Fires as part of the Spanish Forestry Plan
Ricardo Vélez Muñoz

Dealing with differences: An ipsative cluster model of norm crystallization
James D. Absher ; Jerry J. Vaske; Alan D. Bright; Maureen P. Donnelly

Effects of Liability and Regulation on Prescribed Fire Risk in the United States
Jonathan Yoder

Legal Frameworks for Forest Fire Management: International Agreements and National Legislation
Mike Jurvélius

Managing Fire Risk in the Forests of the U.S. Inland Northwest: A Classic Wicked Problem in Public Land Policy
Matthew S. Carroll ; Keith A. Blatner; Patricia J. Cohn; Charles E. Keegan III; Todd Morgan

Policy Incentives for Wildland Fire Management in the U.S.
Sara E. Jensen

Who should be responsible for forest fires? Lessons from the Greek experience
Gavriil Xanthopoulos

Session 5B

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An Examination of State and Local Fire Protection Programs in the Wildland-Urban-Interface (WUI)
Margaret Reams ; Terry Haines; Cheryl Renner

Fire Management Planning Developing Strategies and Setting Measurable Objectives for Adaptive Management
S.L. Robertson ; H. Roose

Remfiresat, Real Time Emergency Management for Forest Fire Services via Satellite
Jesús Gonzalo ; Susana Martínez; Gonzalo Martín

The effect of the wildland-urban interface on prescribed burning costs in the Pacific Northwestern United States
Hayley Hesseln ; Alison H. Berry

What factors are most important in shaping the views of U.S. residential-wildland intermix homeowners about wildfire hazard and fuels management?
Sarah McCaffrey

Session 6A

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An Evaluation of the Economic Tradeoffs of Fuel Treatment and Fire Suppression on the Angeles National Forest using the Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM)
Mark D. Schaaf ; Marc A. Wiitala; Maarten D. Schreuder; David R. Weise

Evaluating Tradeoffs Between Wildfires and Fuel Treatments
Philip N. Omi

Forest Harvest Can Increase Subsequent Forest Fire Severity
Carter Stone ; Andrew Hudak; Penelope Morgan

On the Use of Probabilistic Fire Spread Predictions for the Optimal Allocation of Firefighting Resources
Francis M. Fujioka ; Armando González-Cabán

Wildfire Production Functions and Economically Optimal Interventions: Modeling Methods and Technical Advances
Jeffrey P. Prestemon ; D. Evan Mercer; T. P. Holmes; J. M. Pye; D. T. Butry

Session 6B

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A model for the financial assessment of forest fire prevention plans in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
Francisco Rodríguez y Silva

Estimating the impact of proximity of houses on wildfire suppression costs in Oregon and Washington
Geoffrey H. Donovan ; Peter Noordijk; Volker Radeloff

Fuel Treatment Timing and Suppression for Wildfire Risk Mitigation
Mariam Lankoande ; Jonathan Yoder

Integrating Fire Use with Initial Attack and Fuels Treatment
Stephen J. Botti ; Douglas B. Rideout; Andrew G. Kirsch

Managing Forest Fire Risk with Effective Fuels Treatment Design at the Landscape Scale
Michael Bevers ; Brian Kent; Carol Raish

The Influence of Ethnicity and Language on Economic Benefits of Forest Fire Prevention from Prescribed Burning and Mechanical Fuel Reduction Methods
John Loomis ; Lindsey Ellingson; Armando González-Cabán; Hayley Hesseln

Poster Sessions

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A Fast Method for Calculating Emergency Response Times Using Travel Resistance Surfaces
David C. Hatfield ; Marc R. Wiitala; Andrew E. Wilson; Eric J. Levy

A model for dynamic programming to back strategic planning for fire management in Chile
Patricio Pedernera A. ; Miguel Castillo S.; Guillermo Julio A.

An Approach to a System for Monitoring the Impact of Extensive Forest Fires in Spain
Ricardo Vélez ; Balbina López

An Integrated System for Static and Dynamic Risk Evaluation at a National Level
Paolo Fiorucci ; Francesco Gaetani; Riccardo Minciardi

Development of Measures for Self-Protection against Forest Fires. Application in Highly Vulnerable Installations
Francisco Sanz de Julián ; Balbina López García

Fire history in the mixed pine - oak forest on the national Park Chipinque, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Marco Aurelio González Tagle ; Javier Jiménez Pérez; Klaus von Gadow

Fire in Mediterranean macchia: a case of study in S-W Sardinia
Ignazio Camarda ; Giuseppe Brundu; Vincenzo Satta

Fire management plan at Regional scale in an Alpine fire-prone area (Valle d Aosta region - Italy)
Giovanni Bovio ; Elisa Guglielmet; Andrea Camia

Forest fire spreading modeling
Joseph Romanovsky ; Vassili Shikin; Yuri Shur

Integrated Management System for Forest Fire Prevention. Its application in the Valencia Region (Spain)
Luis Velasco ; Jorge Suárez

Macroeconomic Analysis of Investment in Fire Protection using Social Accounting Matrixes. Application to the Navarre Region
Marcelino Pellitero ; Patricia Suárez

Naturalisation and spread of Pinus halepensis Miller after fire in the island of Sardinia (Italy)
Ignazio Camarda ; Giuseppe Brundu; Vincenzo Satta

Optimal maneuvering of forest fire protection resources
Joseph Romanovsky ; Vladimir Sapronov; Yuri Shur

Preliminary development of a probability-based fire severity modeling system for California forests
John W. Benoit ; Haiganoush K. Preisler

The National Wildfire Mitigation Programs Database: State, County and Local Efforts to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Terry Haines ; Cheryl Renner; Margaret Reams; James Granskog

The offer and demand of S&T and the forest fires in Portugal
Tiago Oliveira

Using GIS to Incorporate Landscape Risk Variables into Residents Willingness to Pay for Fire Prevention Programs
Pamela Kaval ; John Loomis

Wildfire Initial Response Assessment System: A tool for fire preparedness planning
Marc R. Wiitala ; Andy E. Wilson

Wildland-urban interface analyses for fire management planning
Raffaella Marzano ; Andrea Camia; Giovanni Bovio

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