Fig. 8

Representation of fuel treatment placements used in fuel management and simulation studies. Fuel treatment types represented: constrained by property boundaries (A) or by vegetation type (B); placed in regular (C), random (D), dispersed (E), and clumped (F) patterns; strategically placed area treatment array (SPLAT; Finney 2001) (G); treatment optimization model (TOM; Finney et al. 2007) (H); prioritization with linear fuel breaks to protect defined resources (I) and by other landscape features, such as slope and aspect (J); defensible fuel profile zone (DFPZ; Schmidt et al. 2008) with defensible space around communities and roads or near locations with potential for ignition events (K); expert placement utilizing various strategies based on expert opinion (L)