The right resources at the right time : private fire suppression contracting capacity in the West

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2016

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Moseley, Cassandra
Huber-Stearns, Heidi

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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon

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As wildfire has grown, a central challenge has been to develop systems to ensure that suppression resources are in the right place at the right time. As federal agencies increasingly depend on private contracting resources, it is important to understand how private sector fire suppression capacity compares to demand and where suppression businesses are located, particularly in relation to wildfire.

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2 pages

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