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Assessing post-fire values-at-risk with a new calculation tool
Calkin, David E.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Robichaud, Peter R.; Jones, J. Greg; Ashmun, Louise E.; Loeffler Dan.
2007.
Assessing post-fire values-at-risk with a new calculation tool.
Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-205.
Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 32 p.
Keywords: Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER), Values-at-Risk, economic assessment, implied value
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Abstract:
Wildfire effects include loss of vegetative cover and changes to soil properties that
may lead to secondary effects of increased runoff, erosion, flooding, sedimentation,
and vulnerability to invasive weeds. These secondary effects may threaten
human life and safety, cultural and ecological resources, land use, and existing
infrastructure. Current Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) assessment
procedures require identification and valuation of values-at-risk (VAR) from the potential
secondary effects of wildfires. However, guidelines to estimate the monetary
value of these resources are limited and difficult to apply. This project examined
current methods for post-fire assessment of VAR and sought methodologies to
standardize and simplify the complex valuation task. A spreadsheet-based "VAR
Calculation Tool" supports this valuation framework. It is expected to improve defensibility
of VAR valuation and post-fire emergency treatment decisions.
Moscow FSL publication no. 2007i
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