Wildfire Management Natural forest, brush and grassland ecosystems evolved with fire as an agent of ecological change. Human development has altered many natural landscapes and has placed people in direct contact with wildfire.
Fires cause loss of human life, economic upsets, and perturbations of atmospheric chemistry.
Fire managers want to react to all wildfires with a level of response that is governed by local policy objectives. An Operational Satellite Based Real Time System to Observe and Alert Forest Fires. The Team Report is below. It represents the discussions and input from the team members. Please provide your comments to the reports directly to the team leaders.