Wildfire Management: An Operational Research Perspective

David L. Martell ()
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David L. Martell: University of Toronto, Institute of Forestry and Conservation, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

A chapter in Advances in Optimization and Wildfire, 2026, pp 169-182 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper is based on a talk delivered at the 2024 Optimization and Wildfire Conference in Luso, Portugal, on October 2, 2024, during which I characterized forest and wildland fire management from an operational research perspective. I present a brief description of fire management as it is practiced in the province of Ontario, Canada, and focus on how aircraft are used to detect and suppress wildfires there. I then describe how my colleagues and I are developing an aerial detection probability model and daily airtanker deployment models. I briefly describe what I consider to be three important current and emerging problems that I believe operational researchers can help resolve, and conclude by stressing the importance of close collaboration between researchers and wildfire managers when they do so.

Keywords: Wildfire management; Operational research; Daily airtanker deployment; Queueing models; Aerial detection planning; Detection probability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03108-2_11

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