National wildland fire management strategy and action plan / Kayla R. Phelps, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phelps, Kayla R., editor.

Series:

Government and procedures operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildfires--Prevention and control.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past two decades, a rapid escalation of extreme wildfire behavior, accompanied by significant increases in risk to responders and citizens, home and property losses, costs, and threats to communities and landscapes have been observed. In the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 (FLAME Act), Congress mandated the development of a national cohesive wildland fire management strategy to comprehensively address wildland fire management across all lands in the United States. Shortly after enactment of the FLAME Act, a three-phased, intergovernmental planning and analysis process involving stakeholders and the public was initiated and is commonly referred to as the Cohesive Strategy effort. This book discusses, in further detail, the United States' national wildland fire management strategy and action plan.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-632-2