| Air Attack Against Wildfires: Understanding U.S. Forest Service Requirements for Large Aircraft Contributor(s): Keating, Edward G. (Author), Morral, Andrew R. (Author), Price, Carter C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0833076779 ISBN-13: 9780833076779 Publisher: RAND Corporation OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation - Computers | Data Modeling & Design - Technology & Engineering | Emergency Management |
| Dewey: 634.961 |
| LCCN: 2012944768 |
| Series: Rand Corporation Monograph |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.52 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A RAND study sought to help the U.S. Forest Service determine the composition of a fleet of airtankers, scoopers, and helicopters that would minimize the total social costs of wildfires, including the cost of large fires and aircraft costs. The research team developed two models to estimate the social cost-minimizing portfolios of firefighting aircraft. Both models favored a fleet dominated by scoopers for the prevention of large fires. |