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Type: Webinar
Presenter(s):
  • Sadia Afrin
    North Carolina State University
  • Fernando Garcia Menendez
    North Carolina State University
Distribution Contact(s):
  • David R. Godwin
    University of Florida
Host Agency:
  • Southern Fire Exchange
Publication Date: August 12, 2021

While prescribed fire is an essential land management tool in the Southeast, its impacts on air quality and public health remain uncertain. This webinar will cover a recent project that used burn permit records, air quality modelling, and epidemiological associations between fine particulate matter concentrations and multiple health endpoints to examine these impacts, with a focus on case studies in Georgia and North Carolina. Results show not only potential health impacts from prescribed fire, but call for greater attention to the characterization of prescribed fire impacts, potential air quality benefits of land treatment, and the communities most exposed to fire-related smoke. Following the presentation there was time for audience Q/A with the speakers.

Recording Length: 0:53:39
Online Link(s):
Link to this recording (Streaming; YouTube)

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Topics:
Regions:
Keywords:
  • air quality
  • epidemiology
  • health impacts
  • PM - particulate matter
  • PM2.5
  • public health
  • social vulnerability
  • vulnerable populations
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Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 64302