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Prescribed burning is a major source of a fine particular matter, especially in the southeastern United States, and quantifying emissions from burning operations accurately is an integral part of ascertaining air quality impacts. For instance, a...

Person: Li, Maji, Hu, Vaidyanathan, O'Neill, Odman, Russell
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

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In the Southwest United States, many ponderosa pine forests no longer resemble the pre-European settlement forests that were adapted to frequent, low-severity wildfires. The cumulative effects of fire suppression, livestock...

Person: Watts
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This is a combined call for the NWCG Smoke Managers Sub-Committee and the WRAP Fire and Smoke Working Group. The intent of this occasional call series is to discuss operational smoke management issues and build understanding between the air regulatory...

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Created Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

This presentation and an associated article detail the physical demands and emerging health concerns facing wildland firefighters, in addition to the challenges that their sponsoring agencies must address to protect the health and performance of these...

Person: Ruby
Created Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Increasing fire activity and the associated degradation in air quality in the United States has been indirectly linked to human activity via climate change. In addition, direct attribution of fires to human activities may provide opportunities for near...

Person: Carter, Heald, Selin
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

A 10-year review of accidents and incidents within the USDA Forest Service wildland fire system.

This document seeks to describe the wildland fire system and culture within which U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service employees operate....

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Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Wildland fires are one of the most dangerous natural risks, causing significant economic damage and loss of lives worldwide. Every year, millions of hectares are lost, and experts warn that the frequency and severity of wildfires will increase in the...

Person: Ghali, Akhloufi
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Forest fire activity has been increasing in California. Satellite imagery data along with ground level measurements of PM2.5 have been previously used to determine the presence and level of smoke. In this study, emergency room visits for asthma are...

Person: Schweizer, Preisler, Entwistle, Gharibi, Cisneros
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Smoke from wildfires or burning biomass directly affects air quality and weather through modulating cloud microphysics and radiation. A simple wildfire emission coupling of black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) with microphysics was implemented...

Person: Eghdami, Juliano, Jiménez, Kosović, Castellnou, Kumar, Vilà-Guerau de Arellano
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Purpose of Review

To review the recent literature on the effects of wildfire smoke (WFS) exposure on asthma and allergic disease, and on potential mechanisms of disease.

Recent Findings

Spatiotemporal modeling and increased ground-...

Person: Noah, Worden, Rebuli, Jaspers
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES