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Table 1 Summary of scenario parameters

From: Use of UAV or remotely piloted aircraft and forward-looking infrared in forest, rural and wildland fire management: evaluation using simple economic analysis

Scenario/parameters

Values

Scenarios:

0–Pre-thermal camera costs, 1–Thermal camera/helicopter costs, 2–Potential RPA use–25 %, 3–Potential RPA use–50 %, 4–Potential RPA use–100 %

Parameters:

Suppression reduction using (or potentially using) thermal or infrared cameras in fire management, Area burned, fire suppression cost, fatalities, injuries

Time:

0–10 years projection

Discount rate:

5 % (with random distribution parameters; high–0.03, low 0.009, most likely–0.01)

Fires/year:

1–20, 25

Numbers of units:

1, 2, 3, 5, 10