- Author
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Bratten, F. W.
- Title
- Allocation Model for Firefighting Resources...A Progress Report.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley, CA
- Report
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Research Note PSW-214
1970
6 p.
- Keywords
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fire fighting
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planning
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forest fires
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evaluation
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resource allocation
- Identifiers
- resource allocation models
- Abstract
- A study is underway at the PacificSouthwest Forest and Range Experiment Station to develop computer techniques for planning suppression efforts in large wildfires. A mathematical model for allocation of firefighting resources in a going fire has been developed. Explicit definitions are given for strategic and tactical planning functions. How the model might be used is illustrated by a fictious but realistic problem. Limitations in the approach and ways in which the model might be improved are described.