- Author
- Bratten, F. W.
- Title
- Allocation Model for Firefighting Resources...A Progress Report.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley, CA
- Report
- Research Note PSW-214, 1970, 6 p.
- Keywords
- fire fighting | planning | forest fires | evaluation | 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.