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Air Attack Against Wildfires

A RAND study sought to help the U.S. Forest Service determine the composition of a fleet of airtankers, scoopers, and helicopters that would minimize the total social costs of wildfires, including the cost of large fires and aircraft costs. The research team developed two models to estimate the soci...

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Main Authors: Keating, Edward G., Morral, Andrew R., Price, Carter C., Woods, Dulani, Norton, Daniel M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2023
Subjects:
Technology
History
Environmental Science
Sociology
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UN Databases::UNA Database design and theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWC Military forces and sectors::JWCM Air forces and warfare
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFF Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
Online Access:ONIX_20231005_9780833079725_864
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Summary:A RAND study sought to help the U.S. Forest Service determine the composition of a fleet of airtankers, scoopers, and helicopters that would minimize the total social costs of wildfires, including the cost of large fires and aircraft costs. The research team developed two models to estimate the social cost–minimizing portfolios of firefighting aircraft. Both models favored a fleet dominated by scoopers for the prevention of large fires.

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