East Bay Hills Fire (Oakland-Berkely, CA - October 1991)
Analysis of the fire that demonstrated how natural forces may be beyond the control of human intervention and should cause a renewed look at the risk of wildland-urban interface fire disasters.
Urban Wildland Fire (Pebble Beach, CA - May 1987)
This report analyzes fire operations and describes residential construction features and vegetation control that saved some homes in this urban wildlands fire.
Wildland Fires - Florida 1998
The entire state of Florida was ravaged by an unprecendented series of wildland and urban interface fires during the period from late-May to mid-July, 1998. The total response to these fires, combining local, state and federal resources, may be the largest ever assembled in the United States. The magnitude and complexity of the operations seriously challenged the capacity of existing incident management systems.
Wildlands Fire Management: Federal Policies and Their Implications for Local Fire Departments (1988)
This report looks at two of the major wildfires of 1988 and the policy issues that surrounded them: the Greater Yellowstone Area fires and the 49er fire that caused more than $20 million in damage in the Gold Rush country of Nevada County, CA.
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