Reducing wildfire risks for better management and resource allocation

Difficult to contain, wildfires consume everything in their path and wreak havoc on human and animal lives, homes and landscapes. From 1995 to 2015, wildfire management has cost the U.S. $21 billion. Over the past 10 years, the National Interagency Fire Center reports that there were 1.4 million fires with an average of 67,000 wildfires annually and an average of 7.0 million acres burned annually. Most of these wildfires are caused by human activity. Management resources are becoming strained and funds that were earmarked for promoting forest health and fuel reduction are being diverted to fire response activities.

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