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From the text ... 'There are many stories about the Big Blowup of August 20-21, 1910, when a massive million-acre firestorm charred vast areas of national forest and remote towns in western Montana and northern Idaho.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, fire case histories, fire management, firefighting personnel, histories, Idaho, Montana, national forests, rural communities, Washington, wildfires
From the text ... 'It was the first time I ever heard a DNR pilot state that nothing could be done about a fire.... When the wind began to change, I saw something I had never seen before except on television. The smoke column started twisting like a tornado.... The fire behavior…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, droughts, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firebreaks, flame length, forest management, fuel accumulation, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, litter, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, regeneration, spot fires, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'A new definition of the wildland/ruban interface is needed, along with a commitment to protect and preserve all neighborhood and community at-risk values.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, Arizona, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, education, erosion, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, grazing, health factors, land management, liability, logging, National Fire Plan, plant communities, public information, recreation, rural communities, smoke behavior, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, Washington, watersheds
From the text ... 'On July 6, 1994, 14 firefighters died in a wildfire on Storm King Mountain in western Colorado. Their deaths made the South Canyon Fire a landmark event in the annals of wildland firefighting, next to such major firefighting tragedies as the Big Blowup of 1910…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: blowups, catastrophic fires, Colorado, crown fires, droughts, fire case histories, fire control, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, hardwood forests, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus gambelii, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, topography, vegetation surveys, Washington, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, coniferous forests, conservation, diseases, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, grazing, histories, invasive species, land management, national forests, native species (plants), natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, recreation, roads, salvage, Smokey Bear program, soil erosion, state forests, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), US Forest Service, urban habitats, vegetation surveys, watershed management, weeds, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, community ecology, ecosystem dynamics, education, experimental fires, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, histories, ignition, low intensity burns, population density, population ecology, post fire recovery, private lands, public information, rural communities, season of fire, smoke effects, succession, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, invasive species, land management, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, old growth forests, presettlement fires, public information, smoke effects, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Five regional Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS) have been established under the framework of the U.S. National Fire Plan (NFP) to conduct research on fire weather, fire danger, fire behavior, and smoke transport/diffusion and to develop new…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire management, firefighting personnel, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, National Fire Plan, natural areas management, smoke behavior, smoke effects, statistical analysis, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Concern associated to smoke from forest fires has been increasing during the last past years. The severe air pollution episodes caused by fires in Amazonia, Indonesia and Philippines in 1997/98 and, more recently, in Australia, drawn worldwide attention to the problem. Currently…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Logistics, Models, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Amazon, Australia, chemical compounds, chemical elements, combustion, computer programs, Europe, evolution, experimental fires, fire management, firefighting personnel, health factors, humidity, Indonesia, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Philippines, pollution, Portugal, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, wildfires, wind
BlueSky is a real-time smoke forecast system that predicts surface smoke concentrations from prescribed fire, wildfire, and agricultural burn activities. Developed by the USDA Forest Service in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is a tool used by…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, catastrophic fires, chemical elements, competition, computer networks, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel types, GIS, grass fires, health factors, histories, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, Montana, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, suppression, topography, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wildfires
This talk describes development of a physics-based mathematical and computational model to predict fire spread among structures and natural fuels (trees, shrubs and ground litter). This tool will be used to understand how fires spread in a community where both structures and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, combustion, computer networks, computer programs, distribution, elevation, fine fuels, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, leaves, litter, needles, overstory, physics, plant physiology, rate of spread, shrubs, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, topography, trees, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
The 2000 fire season brought to the forefront the issue of severe wildland fires in the United States. To address the need for new research and for the development of predictive tools for managing wildland fires, Congress allocated funding under the National Fire Plan (NFP) to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, computer programs, droughts, evolution, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, National Fire Plan, New Jersey, rate of spread, season of fire, smoke effects, state parks, statistical analysis, topography, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The 2000 fire season brought to the forefront the issue of severe wildland fires in the United States. To address the need for new research and for the development of predictive tools for managing wildland fires, Congress allocated funding under the National Fire Plan (NFP) to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, energy, evolution, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, firefighting personnel, forest management, Great Lakes, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lakes, Michigan, National Fire Plan, season of fire, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Reliable forecasting of regional weather and wind flow patterns is critical for effective fighting of wildland fires and operational management of prescribed burns. Accurate forecast of future wind fields, relative humidity, and stability are essential for predicting fire…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: biogeography, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, GIS, health factors, heat, histories, humidity, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, water, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the central east coast of Florida. Most of the fuels found on the refuge burn with high intensity, and many are important habitat for threatened and endangered species. Little fire…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel loading, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, marshes, military lands, multiple resource management, public information, scrub, smoke management, south Florida, threatened and endangered species, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vulnerable species or communities, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges
The Florida Park Service (FPS) manages 490,000 upland acres scattered throughout 158 units. The FPS began burning in 1970 and has placed a strong emphasis on burning during the lightning season. Fire is viewed as a basic ecological necessity for all fire-type communities managed…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Ammodramus savannarum floridanus, cover type conversion, Dendroctonus frontalis, droughts, fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firefighting personnel, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, Gopherus polyphemus, hardwoods, herbicides, introduced species, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lightning, logging, multiple resource management, natural areas management, pine forests, plant diseases, pollution, recreation, Sarracenia, Sciurus niger, site treatments, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, state parks, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
Spotfires have and always will be a problem that burn bosses and fire crews will have too contend with on prescribed burns. Spotfires can cause mental and physical stress on burn bosses and crews if they occur or not. If a spotfire does occur it can then cause personal injury or…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, crown fires, fire management, fire whirls, firebrands, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel management, hardwood forests, humidity, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Juniperus, Juniperus virginiana, leaves, liability, Oklahoma, pine hardwood forests, spot fires, temperature, trees, Virginiana, wind
The ability to utilize prescribed fire for various ecological and agricultural purposes in Florida is often hampered by issues (such as smoke management and public education/notification ) stemming from the close proximity of developed areas to fire-dependant ecosystems. One…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, burning permits, central Florida, education, fire dependent species, fire management, Florida, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, liability, multiple resource management, public information, smoke management, urban habitats
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, backfires, conservation, education, fire management, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, forest management, headfires, ignition, land use, liability, livestock, logging, mopping up, Oklahoma, public information, smoke behavior, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Recent research makes clear that much of the Everglade's flora and fauna have evolved to tolerate or require frequent fires. Nevertheless, restoration of the Everglades has thus far been conceptualized as primarily a water reallocation project. These two forces are directly…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Ammodramus maritima mirabilis, biomass, calcium, catastrophic fires, charcoal, Cladium jamaicense, community ecology, distribution, disturbance, drainage, ecosystem dynamics, Eleocharis, ENSO, erosion, everglades, evolution, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, floods, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, genetics, GIS, hardwood hammocks, hydrology, invasive species, land use, marshes, moisture, Muhlenbergia filipes, national parks, native species (plants), nongame birds, Nymphaea, organic matter, Panicum hemitomon, peat, pine forests, Pinus elliottii densa, plant communities, population ecology, prairies, precipitation, Quercus douglasii, Rhynchospora, savannas, Schizachyrium rhizomatum, Schoenus, season of fire, sedimentation, soils, south Florida, Spartina bakeri, suppression, swamps, threatened and endangered species (animals), topography, tropical hardwood hammocks, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, water, watershed management, watersheds, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, health factors, Healthy Forests Initiative, heavy fuels, landscape ecology, low intensity burns, Montana, multiple resource management, National Fire Plan, national parks, natural resource legislation, New Mexico, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: community ecology, conservation, cover type conversion, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fuel loading, genetics, herbaceous vegetation, herbivory, Icaricia, insects, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, Lepidoptera, Lupinus, Lupinus sulphureus, mowing, native species (animals), native species (plants), Oregon, plant communities, pollination, population ecology, prairies, range management, season of fire, seeds, site treatments, smoke management, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), weed control, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody plants
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Logistics, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: crown fires, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, laboratory fires, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, plantations, rate of spread, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, vortices, Washington, wildfires, wind, Wisconsin
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, crowns, droughts, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, health factors, Idaho, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, statistical analysis, surface fuels, topography, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'It was a Black Friday for more than 50 families whose homes were destroyed.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, education, fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, lightning caused fires, North Carolina, Piedmont, pine forests, precipitation, public information, rate of spread, South Carolina, swamps, Washington, wildfires, wind