Policy Reforms for Prescribed Fire Liability Relief and Catastrophe Funds: Research Brief

This paper argues that the expansion of prescribed fire will require new public policies that both protect burn practitioners from liability and compensate for losses from potential fire escapes.

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Varner, J.M., J.K. Hiers, S.B. Wheeler, J. McGuire, L. Quinn‐Davidson, W.E. Palmer, and L. Fowler. 2021. Increasing Pace and Scale of Prescribed Fire via Catastrophe Funds for Liability Relief. Fire 77(4).

Orange flames burn multiple triangular piles in an open forest