Stephen Taylor|Martin E. Alexander
Science, technology, and human factors in fire danger rating: the Canadian experience.
Canadian Forest Service|Natural Resources Canada|Canadian Forest Service|Natural Resources Canada
present paper reviews development canadian forest fire danger rating system cffdrs implementation canada elsewhere suggests experience applied developing fire danger rating systems forest wildland environments experience cffdrs suggests four key scientific technological human elements need developed integrated national forest fire danger rating system first among sustained program scientific research develop system based relationships fire weather fuels topography fire occurrence behavior impact appropriate fire environment development reliable technical infrastructure gather process archive fire weather data disseminate fire weather forecasts fire danger information fire behavior predictions within operational agencies also important technology transfer training use fire danger information fire operations necessary cooperation communication fire management agencies share resources set common standards information resources training elements must appropriate needs capabilities fire managers must evolve fire management objectives change fire danger systems form media system developers careful overemphasize scientific technological elements expense human institutional factors effective fire danger systems readily assimilated influence organizational culture turn influences development new technologies importantly common vision sense common cause among fire scientists fire managers needed successful implementation fire danger rating system