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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
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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
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 Florida Fire Management Information System (FMIS) is a tightly integrated set of applications that handle the data input, processing and reporting needs of work undertaken by the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF), including: 1) open burning authorizations; 2) responding to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: computer networks, computer programs, fire danger rating, fire management, firefighting personnel, Florida, GIS, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, remote sensing, roads, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, suppression, weather observations, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The wildland urban interface of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is characterized by a complex mix of vegetation types that includes mixed oak woodlands, chaparral, mixed conifer, and knobcone pine vegetation types. Just outside of the park, the expansion of homes and other…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, biomass, brush, chaparral, conifers, cover, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, fuel accumulation, fuel management, habitat types, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, landscape ecology, litter, National Fire Plan, national parks, Pinus attenuata, post fire recovery, Quercus, rate of spread, recreation, season of fire, site treatments, soils, surface fires, temperature, thinning, understory vegetation
The buildup and continuity of fuels on National Forest Lands in southwest Utah pose a serious fire risk to surrounding subdivisions on private lands within the Duck Creek, UT., wildland urban interface area. A high intensity wildfire could cause significant damage to these…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: biomass, computer programs, crown fires, crowns, ecosystem dynamics, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, human caused fires, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, mortality, national forests, overstory, private lands, recreation, recreation related fires, site treatments, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, thinning, understory vegetation, Utah, watersheds, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Fire-blocking gel, a new weapon in the war on wildfires, is being hailed by firefighters, property owners, scientists and government officials as one of the most important developments in fire fighting history. This new technology enables professional firefighters as well as…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: brush, Canada, chemistry, Chile, Colorado, fire equipment, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, Florida, foam, heat, histories, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Montana, South Dakota, water, wildfires, Wyoming
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
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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Person:
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
This paper reports a study of seasonal and permanent homeowners in three wildland-urban interfaces in the United States: San Bernardino County in California, southwestern Colorado, and the panhandle of Florida. Past experiences with fuel reduction techniques, wildland fire, and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola National Forest, Colorado, coniferous forests, cutting, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, Florida, fuel management, land use, National Fire Plan, national forests, public information, regeneration, site treatments, smoke effects, statistical analysis, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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
The application of fire in the southern United States continues to increase in complexity due to urban sprawl, air quality issues and regulatory constraints. Many sites suffer from unnaturally high fuel accumulations due to decades of fire exclusion. The loss of habitat to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fire Ecology, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, conservation, cover type conversion, education, energy, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, habitat conversion, hardwood hammocks, ignition, liability, low intensity burns, marshlands, mowing, natural areas management, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, plant communities, public information, roads, sandhills, scrub, site treatments, smoke management, succession, swamps, Taxodium distichum, urban habitats, watershed management, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Wildfire represents a serious challenge to communities in the rural West. After decades of fire suppression, land managers now perceive a greater role for wildfire in the ecosystem. In the meantime,migration patterns from urban to rural settings have increased the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, education, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, hardwood forests, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, pine forests, post fire recovery, public information, recreation, rural communities, season of fire, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, dead fuels, ecosystem dynamics, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel models, fuel types, GIS, hardwood forests, heavy fuels, land management, landscape ecology, liability, litter, live fuels, Montana, national forests, old growth vegetation, overstory, pine forests, remote sensing, smoke management, thinning, woody plants
Factors influencing the probability of fire occurrence in the south central United States were investigated using a geographic information system (GIS) and a multinomial logit model. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data at the plot level were merged with census data at the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, distribution, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel types, geography, GIS - geographic information system, hardwood forests, human caused fires, incendiary fires, land use, logging, Mississippi, Oklahoma, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus spp., plantations, population density, prescribed fires (chance ignition), prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, roads, statistical analysis, Tennessee, Texas, topography, urban habitats, wildfires
Montague Plain Wildlife Management Area (MPWMA) is a 1,512 acre property in western Massachusetts owned and managed by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The primary purposes of the site are to protect and preserve an outstanding example of a xeric outwash…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, amphibians, barrens, Betula populifolia, community ecology, Danthonia spicata, Desmodium, education, fine fuels, fire control, fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flammability, foliage, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, Gaylussacia baccata, geology, grasslands, hardwood forests, humidity, hydrology, Hypericum perforatum, ignition, insects, Juniperus communis, land use, leaves, litter, Massachusetts, needles, New England, overstory, paleoecology, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, plant communities, Polytrichum, Populus, post fire recovery, precipitation, presettlement fires, Prunus pensylvanica, public information, Quercus ilicifolia, rate of spread, regeneration, roads, Rubus, Schizachyrium scoparium, scrub, seedlings, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, Solidago juncea, Spiraea, succession, surface fuels, Terrapene, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), topography, Vaccinium, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, watersheds, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife management, wind
An Autonomous Fire Detector (AFD) is a miniature electronic package combining position location capability [using the Global Positioning System (GPS)], communications (packet or voice-synthesized radio), and fire detection capability (thermal, gas, smoke detector) into an…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: remote sensing, fire detection, fire monitoring, field systems, local fire detection, AFD - Autonomous Fire Detector , CO - carbon monoxide, computer program, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, fire weather, firefighting personnel, GPS - global positioning system, wildfires, wind
This study uses panel data from a mail survey administered to the same individuals in 1996 and 2000 to measure change in public attitudes toward fire management programs on federal lands in eastern Oregon and Washington. Findings were generally similar between 1996 and 2000, but…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: survey, fire management, public opinion, thinning, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management planning, fuel loading, mountains, Oregon, plant diseases, public information, rural communities, smoke effects, smoke management, US Forest Service, Washington