Purpose of Review

Prevention effectiveness relies on knowledge about the spatio-temporal likelihood of fire occurrence and whether fires are a result of natural processes or human influence. Such knowledge can be used to develop more effective tools and strategies to reduce both the likelihood of and damage from unwanted fires. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of wildland fire prevention, which pertains to any actions used to reduce the likelihood and damage from unwanted wildfires.

Recent Findings

Research suggests that there have been significant advances in developing models and approaches to estimating the likelihood of wildfire occurrences. Similarly, research in the social sciences is advancing knowledge regarding human behavior and factors that will lead to enhanced wildfire prevention efforts.

Summary

However, questions asked in the 1960s regarding the links between attitudes and beliefs and how changes in such result in decreased fire occurrence remain tenuous. Continuing interdisciplinary work is required to promote a deeper understanding of what factors will influence human behavior to make wildfire prevention programs more effective. Although the fire prevention literature pertains predominantly to North America, I have tried to include both studies and policies from other fire-prone jurisdictions.

中文翻译：

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荒地防火：回顾

审查目的

预防有效性取决于对火灾发生的时空可能性以及火灾是自然过程还是人为影响的知识。这些知识可用于开发更有效的工具和策略，以减少意外火灾的可能性和损害。本文的目的是对野地防火进行综述，该野火涉及用于减少不必要的野火的可能性和损害的任何行动。

最近的发现

研究表明，开发模型和方法来估计野火发生的可能性已经取得了重大进展。同样，社会科学方面的研究正在促进有关人类行为和因素的知识，这将导致加强野火预防工作。

概要

但是，在1960年代提出的有关态度和信念之间的联系以及这种变化如何导致火灾减少的问题仍然很棘手。需要继续开展跨学科工作，以加深对影响人类行为的因素的了解，从而使野火预防计划更加有效。尽管防火文献主要涉及北美地区，但我尝试将其他易发火灾地区的研究和政策都包括在内。