State - specific research on the impact of new homes and temperature change on
wildfire suppression costs.
Our research finds no evidence of a relationship between
wildfire suppression costs and Firewise participation.
This lack of evidence that Firewise reduces
wildfire suppression costs suggests that policy makers attempting to address future costs are better served focusing on other solutions such as limiting future development in high risk areas.
Over the last decade, annual
wildfire suppression costs on US federal lands exceeded $ 1.7 B US dollars7 and $ 1B US dollars in Canada8.
Meanwhile, funding for the Office of Natural Resources Revenue will be sustained, the budget notes, and
wildfire suppression costs, estimated based on a «10 - year rolling average,» will be met in full.
«Over the past few decades,
wildfire suppression costs have increased as fire seasons have grown longer and the frequency, size, and severity of wildfires has increased,» Jones said.
Not exact matches
«I don't think anybody doubts that the
cost of fighting fires has gone up,» said Debbie Miley, executive director of the National
Wildfire Suppression Association (NWSA), a trade group for private wildfire f
Wildfire Suppression Association (NWSA), a trade group for private
wildfire f
wildfire fighters.
Dramatic images of out - of - control
wildfires in western North American forests have appeared on our television and computer screens with increasing regularity in recent decades, while
costs of fire
suppression have soared.
Thus, there is an economic justification for vesting
wildfire suppression responsibilities in large - scale public agencies that can overcome these coordination
costs.
Similarly, firefighters do not directly bear
suppression costs, so public
wildfire agencies have weaker incentives to be discerning about the efficient allocation of resources than would a private landowner.
The 2015 drought conditions and lack of snowpack led to a historically severe
wildfire season with more than 1.6 million acres burned across Oregon and Washington, resulting in more than $ 560 million in fire
suppression costs.
«
Wildfire occurrence statewide could increase several folds by the end of the century, increasing fire
suppression and emergency response
costs and damage to property.»
«Climate change is causing fire seasons to start earlier and finish later, with an associated trend towards more extreme
wildfire events in terms of their geographic extent and duration, intensity, severity, associated
suppression costs, and loss of life and property,» the scientists write.
Dramatic images of out - of - control
wildfires in western North American forests have appeared on our television and computer screens with increasing regularity in recent decades, while
costs of fire
suppression have soared.