Rethinking how we think about fire

What is it about?

Fire research, and hence fire management, have long been dominated by a physical model of fire, which works well for going fires and built environments, but not well for natural landscapes and ecological concerns. The paper describes three perspectives on fire - physical, biological, cultural - and where they best apply.

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Why is it important?

The physical model does not address ecological goods and services, and the social context of wildland fire, which are arguably the areas of fire management most in need of research. The paper proposes alternatives, each of which is both consistent and complete.