Each decision to suppress ï¬re reinforces a feedback cycle in which fuels continue to accumulate, risk escalates, and the tendency to suppress ï¬res grows (Miller and others, 2003). Existing decision-support tools focus primarily on the negative consequences of ï¬re. This guide outlines a framework managers can use to (1) identify key areas of ï¬re risk and (2) systematically determine where and under what ï¬re weather conditions ï¬re will beneï¬t ecological conditions and management targets while reducing fuels. The Fire Effects Planning Framework (FEPF) sequentially links state-of-the-art, publicly available analysis tools, data, and knowledge to generate GIS-based planning information for a variety of scales. Primary funding for this effort was provided by the Joint Fire Science Program and the National Fire Plan.(source abstract).
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