# Fire Management & Policy Operations **URL:** https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/c/fire-management-policy-operations/8.md [Latest](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Fire Management & Policy Operations category](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/about-the-fire-management-policy-operations-category/23)
**Author:** [@Robin.Jones](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/Robin.Jones)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/about-the-fire-management-policy-operations-category/23 "2025-04-14T17:43:09Z")
The most effective preparedness efforts involve an interdisciplinary set of “before”, “during”, and “after” actions carried out by community members, fire practitioners, firefighters, policymakers, conservation planners,… --- ## [RECENT PUBLICATION: Fire performance of multi-layer fire-retardant systems for exterior wood products](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/recent-publication-fire-performance-of-multi-layer-fire-retardant-systems-for-exterior-wood-products/196)
**Author:** [@karlpeet](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/karlpeet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/recent-publication-fire-performance-of-multi-layer-fire-retardant-systems-for-exterior-wood-products/196 "2026-04-08T21:40:39Z")
Please share your views on the potential and limitations of multi-layer fire-retardant systems as a WUI mitigation strategy, and how they interact with other technical, operational and policy solutions. See below link t… --- ## [Evidence for strategic fuel break effectiveness](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/evidence-for-strategic-fuel-break-effectiveness/171)
**Author:** [@HamishC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/HamishC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/evidence-for-strategic-fuel-break-effectiveness/171 "2025-09-22T13:55:47Z")
I’ve just completed a rather rapid review of evidence for the effectiveness of strategic fuel breaks, for the end users of my ARC Industry Fellowship on decision support for climate-adapted bushfire risk mitigation. Spo… --- ## [Burns in fragile ecosystems](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/burns-in-fragile-ecosystems/168)
**Author:** [@Plantastic](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/Plantastic)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/burns-in-fragile-ecosystems/168 "2025-09-08T23:32:46Z")
Hello, I live in the high deserts of Northwest New Mexico at 7400 ft. Most of our 60 acres is perennial gramma grass including a meadow ecosystem of wild Onion and bluestem grass. We also have intact cryptobiotic soil in… --- ## [NEW PUBLICATION: Rethinking the agricultural use of fire and its influence on the occurrence of wildfire in high Andean communities of Cusco, Peru](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/new-publication-rethinking-the-agricultural-use-of-fire-and-its-influence-on-the-occurrence-of-wildfire-in-high-andean-communities-of-cusco-peru/151)
**Author:** [@Robin.Jones](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/Robin.Jones)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/new-publication-rethinking-the-agricultural-use-of-fire-and-its-influence-on-the-occurrence-of-wildfire-in-high-andean-communities-of-cusco-peru/151 "2025-07-21T23:38:05Z")
Congratulations to our Charter Member Alejandra Martinez on her new publication in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction! Abstract The use of fire in agriculture has been a fundamental practice since ear… --- ## [Landscaping and WUI Fires](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/landscaping-and-wui-fires/92)
**Author:** [@Robin.Jones](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/u/Robin.Jones)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.globalwildfirecollective.org/t/landscaping-and-wui-fires/92 "2025-06-07T13:10:07Z")
Interesting debate shaping up about landscaping policy in California. Contributor: California's proposed ban on plants near homes could be dangerously bad advice