Strategic and tactical planning to improve suppression efforts against large forest fires in the Catalonia region of Spain

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 432; pp. 612 - 622
• Main Authors: Gonzalez-Olabarria, José Ramón, Reynolds, Keith M., Larrañaga, Asier, Garcia-Gonzalo, Jordi, Busquets, Eduard, Pique, Miriam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.01.2019
• Subjects: Fire preparedness; Fire suppression support; Forest fuels; Spatial decision support; Wildfire; Fire preparedness; Forest fuels; Spatial decision support; Wildfire; Fire suppression support

•Transparent planning, involving end-users, is a requirement if applicability is our goal.•Multiple sources of data and information are needed to assess wildfire potential.•Large scale fuel management is unfeasible in heterogeneous landscapes with fragmented ownership.•Planned fuel management action...