- Author
- Doolittle, L. | Donoghue, L. R.
- Title
- Status of Wildland Fire Prevention Evaluation in the United States. Forest Service Research Paper.
- Coporate
- North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, MN
- Report
- FSRP-NC-298, 1991, 32 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- wildland fires | forest fires | fire prevention | economic factors
- Abstract
- Whether the nemisis be fire, flood, or famine, most people agree that 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' In the case of protecting the forests from fire, some observers go even further. The widsom and economic efficiency of preventing fires have been recognized from the beginning of organized forest fire control in America. The objectives were to determine how wildland fire management agencies in the United States assess the effectiveness of their prevention efforts and to develop recommendations for evaluation procedures.