Analysis of Fire-related Vegetation Patterns in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA, and Sierra los Ajos, Sonora, Mexico

Fire Ecology

Table 1 US and Mexico annual fire suppression budgets, 1983–1988.¹

¹ Costs represent Forest Service expenditure for emergency fire suppression.
² Sources: US data from Fire Management Today, vol. 61 no. 3, 2001. United States Forest Service. Mexico data adapted from Gonzáles-Cabán and Sandberg (1989), with currency values converted from Mexican pesos to US dollars via Historical Exchange Rate Regime: [URL:http://intl.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/exchange_rate_regime/index.php?cid=17].
³ It should be noted that the Mexican economy was stressed during the 1980s, experiencing currency depreciation throughout the decade. This is evident when noting the Fire Program’s increase in spending (Mex. $) and the apparent decrease in spending when adjusted to US $. At either rate, as noted by Gonzáles-Cabán and Sandberg (1989), the increase in Mexico’s fire spending barely keeps up with inflation.