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A computer model that simulates a Smokejumper Service Delivery System has been developed. Based on the General Purpose Simulation System, the model simulates the complex nature of smokejumper activities in a spatially and temporally dynamic fire environment involving other initial attack resources. Among the features not found in other simulation models are the movement of smokejumpers and aircraft between bases, delivering jumpers to fires and returning aircraft to bases, responding to several fires with a single load of jumpers, and constraining daily aircraft usage base on flight hours. The model uses animation to observe and verify the accuracy of resource movement.
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Wiitala, M.R., Dammann, C.L. (2003). Simulating a Smokejumper Service Delivery System. In: Arthaud, G.J., Barrett, T.M. (eds) Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0307-9_7
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