Strategic planning and budgeting of wildland fire preparedness programs for risk management

Rideout, Geoff; Wei, Yu; Kirsch, Andy G.; Kernohan, N.

doi:10.2495/safe-v6-n2-246-253

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“…The problem of limited production resources, inherent in the economy of the last century, is diminishing (up to a certain limit) as a result of globalization in resource markets, as most scientists [7][8][9] note. World countries now have practically unlimited access to global labor resources, capital, and technology.…”

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Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Development of Territorial Communities

Zhovnirchyk¹,

Chernov²,

Larina³

et al. 2023

IJSDP

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Strategic planning for sustainable development is actively employed across various socioeconomic systems, but territorial communities are in most need due to the complexity of their socio-economic structure. One of the most significant and relevant challenges in this context is strategic planning itself. The primary objective of this article is to apply a methodological approach to enhance the effectiveness of strategic planning for the sustainable development of territorial communities, with an emphasis on the tactical and operational aspects of this process. The object of the study is the territorial community. The research methodology encompasses methodological aspects of modeling techniques that facilitate the sustainability planning process. The results obtained from the study can potentially improve the strategic planning process for sustainable development within a single territorial community by modeling the stages of tactical and operational activities. This study is constrained by considering the specifics of only one territorial community. Future research should focus on expanding the methodological approach and incorporating more elements of strategic planning.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Development of Territorial Communities

Zhovnirchyk¹,

Chernov²,

Larina³

et al. 2023

IJSDP

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“…STARFire's PA module includes the dual importance of reducing wildfire risk to highly valued resources (via initial attack) and the management of beneficial wildfire for resource improvement or ecological restoration (Rideout et al, 2016). The STARFire PA requires identifying dispatch locations, travel times, ignition probability, and rates of spread generated from the previous analyses.…”

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A Potential Framework for Allocating National Park Service Budgets

Rideout

Wei

Kernohan

et al. 2022

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The US Department of Interior, including the National Park Service (NPS), has interest in developing a national fire budgeting process that reflects and promotes program (fuels and preparedness) efficiencies while being transparent, fair, stable, and predictable. A systematic approach should have the potential to operate at all scales (national, regional, and park). To accomplish these objectives, the research introduced a Budgeting Analysis that can be integrated into the STARFire (Strategic budgeting and planning system for wildland fire). The approach used is known as the “gradient method” reflecting the concept that budgets are allocated based on proportionate performance. Using the gradient method, budget increments were allocated to fuels and preparedness programs to improve return on investment (ROI). Three-dimensional performance surfaces were generated for each of the parks in the NPS’s Alaska Fire Management Zone and a gradient was fit to each surface. The individual park gradients were then used to allocate the zone budget increments to the parks and in turn, to the park’s fuels and preparedness programs. These allocations were then summed up to illustrate regional and park level allocations and allocations by program. The results show how a full range of budget increments can be allocated from the zone to each individual park and to each park’s program. The process and the allocations are repeatable and defensible while meeting the NPS budgeting criteria. They also address the concerns expressed by the US Government Accountability Office and reflect the objectives of the Cohesive Strategy. In the current study, we demonstrate a pragmatic example of implementing this method.

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Strategic planning and budgeting of wildland fire preparedness programs for risk management

Cited by 2 publications

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Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Development of Territorial Communities

Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Development of Territorial Communities

A Potential Framework for Allocating National Park Service Budgets

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