"Call when needed" : private contracting for wildfire suppression in an unpredictable work environment
| dc.contributor.author | Huber-Stearns, Heidi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bixler, R. Patrick (Richard Patrick) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ellison, Autumn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moseley, Cassandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-18T21:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-18T21:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | 2 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The U.S. Forest Service is facing unprecedented challenges in wildfire suppression, and increasingly depends on resources outside the agency to maintain adequate wildfire response capacity. Reliance on private wildfire suppression contractors has increased over time, especially in bolstering capacity for direct attack resources, such as aerial resources, firefighter hand crews and other equipment. However, little is known about private contracting businesses, in particular how they navigate the same fundamental challenge: to maintain and grow their businesses that directly depend on unpredictable fire seasons and agency needs. This briefing paper reports findings from a case study in southern Oregon, as part of a larger project investigating the role of private wildfire suppression contracting on national forests. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by funding from the Joint Fire Science Program. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/19465 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | EWP briefing paper;no. 63 | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wildfires--Prevention and control--Contracting out | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Government contractors | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United States. Forest Service | en_US |
| dc.title | "Call when needed" : private contracting for wildfire suppression in an unpredictable work environment | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |