- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- 2000 Wildland Fire Season.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1-3, October 2000
- Distribution
- For more information about Topical Fire Research Series contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/tfrs.htm AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
- Keywords
- wildland fires | fire statistics | fire seasons | fire prevention
- Identifiers
- 2000 season has been the worst wildland fire year since 1910; nearly 7 million acres have burned; in terms of acres burned and acres burned per fire, wildland fires in 2000 were twice the national average; value of land lost to 2000 wildland fires coupled with other economic losses could exceed $10 billion; at least 15 firefighters have died during wildland operations; firefighting has been significantly taxed; Army and Marine Corps personnel, as well as other nations, have joined civilian firefighters; current policy of prescribed burning and mechanical thinning is being expanded as a measure to limit the severity of future wildland fires; current wildland fire season vs. 10-year average