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Social Science Fire Managers can Use.  Teams of scientists and fire managers find and synthesize the best available social science and apply it to fire management.  We deliver the results in applications and tools designed by fire science users and researchers working together to create useful knowledge in forms that make sense to fire managers. For descriptions of our offerings see What You Will Find Here. HDFSS image


Systematic Reviews

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Systematic Research Reviews

Systematic Research Reviews are a special kind of research review developed to synthesize all available research knowledge and apply it to specific problems. Systematic reviews have been best developed and used in medicine, applied health fields, and are increasingly available in fire management.

Two examples are:
1) Do thinning and/or burning treatments on Ponderosa Pine and related forests in western USA produce restoration of natural fire behavior?
2) Fire and restoration of pinon-juniper woodlands in the western United States: a review

Systematic Research Reviews are necessary because:

  • rarely does a single study provide conclusive results that can be applied to a management problem
  • confidence in conclusions is greater where many, high quality studies have produced similar findings
  • managers cannot easily judge whether the results of a study done in another setting can be applied to their own situations
  • Not all managers have the training to be able to evaluate the quality of research methods and analysis
  • It is difficult for most science users to find and acquire research reports that are applicable to their situation or to synthesize findings across many studies

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1992 Folwell Avenue
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