PhD Candidate University of California, Berkeley berkeley, California, United States
We used a survey of fire managers responsible for fuel breaks in California to reveal definitions of fuel break systems. Examples of each fuel break configuration and a break segment under different management scenarios underwent a Landscape Burn Probability Analysis to determine differences in fire risk between differently managed landscapes.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to define different fuel break configurations.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe common fuel break locations.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how landscape burn probability is predicted across a landscape.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how different fuel break configurations influence landscape burn probability.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how various management actions using fuel breaks influence fire risk and compare between different scenarios.
