Evidence for strategic fuel break effectiveness

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.

Spoiler alert Alex your papers are all over the list! I only counted 6 empirical studies targeting effectiveness at a ‘regime’-scale i.e. multiple fires over multiple years, using quantitative methods. 5 of the 6 were in the southwestern US. The Victorian govt might be interested in doing some work here on the topic.

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That’s fascinating, Hamish. I’d love to be involved in some way if possible. Even if it just means you sharing information with me. Thanks so much for sharing!