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Restoring nature's creative force [Chapter 10]

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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, Arizona, biomass, catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, crowns, disturbance, education, environmental impact analysis, environmental impact statements, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, forest management, fuel breaks, fuel management, fuel types, general interest, grasses, herbaceous vegetation, human caused fires, landscape ecology, logging, low intensity burns, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, New Mexico, old growth forests, Oregon, overstory, partial cutting, Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, prescribed fires (chance ignition), Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, roads, second growth forests, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, site treatments, size classes, slash, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park

Injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among wildland firefighters

From the text ... 'This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical fitness, nutrition, work/rest…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, heat effects, mortality, nutrition, smoke effects, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires