Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Built Environment
Working definition
Treatment intended to reduce the quantity, continuity or arrangement of combustible material in order to alter potential fire behaviour or exposure.
Also searched as
fuel treatment
In plain language
Treatment intended to reduce the quantity, continuity or arrangement of combustible material in order to alter potential fire behaviour or exposure.
Why it matters
Fuel Reduction is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.