Air Attack Against Wildfires

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 cost­minimizing portfolios of firefighting aircraft. Both models favored a fleet dominated by scoopers for the prevention of large fires
ISBN10: 0833076779
ISBN13: 9780833076779
Number Of Pages: 140
Publication Date: 20120816
Publisher: National Book Network
Binding: Paperback
SKU: 9780833076779
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