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Project ID: 98-S-04

Year: 1999

Date Started: 01/05/1999

Date Completed: 07/26/2000

Title: A Survey of Public Attitudes and Behavior Toward Fuel Treatment Policies

Project Proposal Abstract: This project will compare attitudes, behavior and values toward fire and fuel treatment programs between residents exposed to recent and past fires in Florida, We want to test for differences in the support for fuel treatment programs, and the rate by which support varies with geographic proximity and immediacy of fire events. A statistical model to forecast the percent of the population that supports different fire management policies will be estimated as a function of fire experience and socio-demographic variables. As a proxy for cultural differences in public fire and fuels treatment perceptions we will compare survey data by ethnicity from White, African American and Hispanic households. Such information would be useful to fire managers in their fire safety education efforts. If we find only a temporary change in support for fuel treatment programs following fires and this support erodes rapidly, this suggest fire managers need to quickly capitalize on recent fires in establishing and implementing fuel treatment programs and defensible space programs. If significant differences by ethnicity are found this suggests that fire safety and education programs should be tailored to the different groups needs.

Principal Investigator: Douglas B. Rideout

Agency/Organization: Colorado State University

Branch or Dept: Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Donald B. K. English	Forest Service	SRS-Ctr for Forest Disturbance Science
Co-Principal Investigator	John B. Loomis	Colorado State University	Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics
Co-Principal Investigator	Philip N. Omi	Omi Associates
Co-Principal Investigator	Mark Poth	Forest Service	PSW-Forest Fire Lab-Riverside
Federal Cooperator	Armando X. Gonzalez-Caban	Forest Service	PSW-Forest Fire Lab-Riverside

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