Biophysical and weather conditions associated with fuel breaks leveraged during the suppression of large widlfires in southern California National Forests

We compiled a comprehensive dataset detailing encounters between fuel breaks, fireline operations, and large wildfires in southern California from 2017 to 2020. This dataset encompasses various aspects including biophysical factors and fire weather conditions. Our aim was to construct statistical models that assess the effectiveness of fireline operations on fuel breaks. This data publication includes the tabular data utilized in our analysis which encompasses attributes of wildfires such as identifiers, commencement year, discovery dates, fuel loading and daily personnel from the Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS).The purpose of this study was to assess fuel break success rates as it relates to fire weather, fuel break condition, and topography.For more information about this study and these data, see Young et al. (in review).