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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Display this book on your site! Related Titles Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty Other Related Titles To Burn or Not to Burn: Summary of the Forum on Urban/Wildland Fire, January 26, 2001, Washington, DC (2001) National Research Council (NRC) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 10   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX A Friday, January 26, 2001 National Academy of Sciences 2100 C Street, NW Washington, DC Lecture Room AGENDA Morning session: Rutherford H. Platt, Moderator 9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions Rutherford H. Platt, Chair 9:10 a.m. Creating an Ecological Omelette: How we got out of an agrarian frying pan and into and exurban fire Stephen J. Pyne, Arizona State University 9:50 a.m. What are the trends in wildland fires and what is the future for increased fires/risk? William A. Patterson, III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. Fires in the wildland urban interface: Dilemmas of duality and the role of national science leadership Dave Cleaves, USDA Forest Service 11:25 a.m. Addressing the wildland-urban interface fire problem in Canada through forest firebehavior research Martin E. Alexander, Canadian Forest Service 12:05 p.m. Lunch (cafeteria available) Afternoon session: Wilfred D. Iwan, Moderator 1:15 p.m. Wildfires and insurance Paul Kovacs, Insurance Bureau of Canada 1:55 p.m. Land use issues Raymond J. Burby, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2:35 p.m. Case study: Los Alamos Kelly K. Carpenter, Los Alamos County, New Mexico Page 10 Front Matter (R1-R4) Introduction (1-1) Summary (2-7) References (8-9) Appendix A: Agenda (10-11) Appendix B: List of Attendees (12-13)

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TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN: SUMMARY OF THE FORUM ON URBAN/WILDLAND FIRE APPENDIX A Friday, January 26, 2001 National Academy of Sciences 2100 C Street, NW Washington, DC Lecture Room AGENDA Morning session: Rutherford H. Platt, Moderator 9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions Rutherford H. Platt, Chair 9:10 a.m. Creating an Ecological Omelette: How we got out of an agrarian frying pan and into and exurban fire Stephen J. Pyne, Arizona State University 9:50 a.m. What are the trends in wildland fires and what is the future for increased fires/risk? William A. Patterson, III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. Fires in the wildland urban interface: Dilemmas of duality and the role of national science leadership Dave Cleaves, USDA Forest Service 11:25 a.m. Addressing the wildland-urban interface fire problem in Canada through forest firebehavior research Martin E. Alexander, Canadian Forest Service 12:05 p.m. Lunch (cafeteria available) Afternoon session: Wilfred D. Iwan, Moderator 1:15 p.m. Wildfires and insurance Paul Kovacs, Insurance Bureau of Canada 1:55 p.m. Land use issues Raymond J. Burby, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2:35 p.m. Case study: Los Alamos Kelly K. Carpenter, Los Alamos County, New Mexico

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TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN: SUMMARY OF THE FORUM ON URBAN/WILDLAND FIRE 3:15 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. Discussion with speakers Mary Fran Myers, Moderator 4:30 p.m. Wrap up Jim Bruce, NDR Steering Committee and Chris Topik, Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Appropriations Committee 5:00 p.m. Adjourn

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