Wildland fire risk assessment and fuel management planning on federal lands in the US are complex problems that require stateof-\nthe-art fire behavior modeling and intensive geospatial analyses. Fuel management is a particularly complicated process where\nthe benefits and potential impacts of fuel treatments must be demonstrated in the context of land management goals and public\nexpectations. A number of fire behavior metrics, including fire spread, intensity, likelihood, and ecological risk must be analyzed\nfor multiple treatment alternatives. The effect of treatments on wildfire impacts must be considered at multiple scales. The process\nis complicated by the lack of data integration among fire behavior models, and weak linkages to geographic information systems,\ncorporate data, and desktop office software. This paper describes our efforts to build a streamlined fuel management planning\nand risk assessment framework, and an integrated system of tools for designing and testing fuel treatment programs on fire-prone\nwildlands.
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