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Addressing wildfire is not simply a fire management, fire operations, or wildland-urban interface problem - it is a larger, more complex land management and societal issue. The vision for the next century is to: Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildfire, wildland fire, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy)
From the text...'Two studies recently looked at differences in impacts on National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and visibility from wildland fires (prescribed fire and wildfire). The First Study: was part of the analysis for the Columbia River Basin (CRB) Environmental…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, fire management, fuel appraisal, fuel management, land management, Oregon, particulates, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, shrublands, smoke management, vegetation surveys, Washington, wildfires, wildlife
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Adenostoma, air quality, amphibians, biogeography, Ceanothus, chaparral, coastal vegetation, community ecology, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire regimes, fire suppression, fishes, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, grasslands, mammals, Mediterranean habitats, nongame birds, post fire recovery, reptiles, sclerophyll vegetation, small mammals, southern California, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), succession, wading birds, wildfires
In the present work, post-burning soil N2O fluxes and related microbial processes were investigated in a Mediterranean shrubland subjected to experimental fires. Nine plots were selected, of which three were used as controls, three were burned with low-intensity fire and three…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: experimental fire, fire frequency, fire intensity, low intensity burns, surface fires, air quality, C - carbon, enzymes, N - nitrogen, sampling, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soil temperature, statistical analysis, Italy, Mediterranean, fire management, soil management, Mediterranean habitats, shrublands, denitrification, fire intensity, nitrification, soil nitrogen
This study investigated occupational exposure to wood and vegetative smoke in a group of 28 forest firefighters at prescribed forest burns in a southeastern U.S. Forest during the winters of 2003-2005. During burn activities, 203 individual person-day PM2.5 and 149 individual…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, health factors, hydrocarbons, particulates, Georgia, fire management, forest management, pine hardwood forests, exposure, firefighters, particulate matter, wildland, woodsmoke
We present Daysmoke, an empirical-statistical plume rise and dispersion model for simulating smoke from prescribed burns. Prescribed fires are characterized by complex plume structure including multiple-core updrafts which makes modeling with simple plume models difficult.…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: smoke behavior, air quality, military lands, particulates, Georgia, fire management, smoke management, plume model, air quality
Conventional wisdom within American federal fire management agencies suggests that external influence such as community or political pressure for aggressive suppression are key factors circumscribing the ability to execute less aggressive fire management strategies. Thus, a…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, smoke effects, wildfires, education, insects, mortality, public information, Wyoming, fire management, forest management, land management, fire management, political pressure, community pressure, wildlife costs, fire suppression, wildfire policy
Biomass samples representing Amazon forest native species were burned in laboratory experiments. These species were obtained in the deforestation arc, near the town of Alta Floresta, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Moisture content values obtained for twigs and pieces of sticks…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, experimental fires, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, deforestation, hydrocarbons, moisture, particulates, Amazon, Brazil, South America, fire management, forest management, smoke management, biomass burning, emission factors, Amazon forest, experimental fires, NOx, hydrocarbons
Agricultural burning is an important land use practice in the central U.S. But has received little attention in the literature, whereas most of the focus has been on wildfires in forested areas. Given the effects that agricultural burning can have on biodiversity and emissions…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: cropland fires, fire danger rating, season of fire, agriculture, air quality, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, fire management, land management, agricultural burning, active fires, biodiversity, patterns of fire detections, cloud cover, local spatial analysis, fire detections
Firefighters are exposed to known health-damaging air pollutants present in bushfire smoke and poorly managed exposure can result in serious health issues. A better understanding of exposure levels and the major factors influencing exposures is crucial for the development of…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire intensity, firefighting personnel, smoke effects, spot fires, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, health factors, pollution, sampling, toxicity, Australia, fire management, smoke management, firefighter, bushfire smoke, exposure, health risk
Wildland fire is a natural force that has shaped most vegetation types of the world. However, its inappropriate management during the last century has led to more frequent and catastrophic fires. Wildland fires are also recognized as one of the sources of CO2 and other…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, wildfires, air quality, carbon dioxide, deforestation, gases, plant growth, Patagonia, Argentina, South America, fire management, forest management, CO2 emissions, Kyoto Protocol, emissions mitigation, biomass growth
As climate change increases vegetation combustibility, humans are impacted by wildfires through loss of lives and property, leading to an increased emphasis on prescribed burning practices to reduce hazards. A key and pervading concept accepted by most environmental managers is…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire resistant plants, smoke effects, wildfires, conservation, flowering, resprouting, seed germination, serotiny, Australia, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats
From the text ... 'Brazil's continued struggles with widespread wildfires highlight the country's need for focused fire managedment policies geared to its incredibly diverse ecosystem.'
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: Brazil, cerrado, ecosystem dynamics, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, fragmentation, post fire recovery, South America, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), tropical forests, wildfires
From the text ... 'Forest rangers and residents are trying to promote the benefits of using more prescribed burns to control wildfires throughout the state.... Every landowner wants to do more controlled burns, but they have tied our hands with regulations.'
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coniferous forests, droughts, fire control, fire injuries (animals), fire management, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, lightning caused fires, north Florida, prescribed fires (escaped), St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, wildfires
From the text ... 'Fire managers must be aware of weather, fuel, and other situations that might lead to smoke dispersion problems.'
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: heavy fuels, smoke effects, duff, organic soils, roads, snags, wind, fire management, forest management, fuel management, smoke management
From the text ... 'VSmoke can assist with your prescribed burn plan by providing important projections of downwind smoke concentrations.'
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire intensity, fuel moisture, surface fires, computer programs, GIS, particulates, remote sensing, fire management, fuel management, smoke management
In rural towns of southern Australia, smoke from biomass burning such as prescribed burning of forests, wildfires and stubble burning is often claimed to be the major source of air pollution. To investigate the validity of this claim, ambient measurements of PM2.5 and ozone were…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, ozone, pollution, Victoria, western Australia, Australia, fire management, smoke management, PM2.5, levoglucosan, ozone, wildfires
Forest fires affect both carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in forest ecosystems, and thereby influence the soil-atmosphere exchange of major greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). To determine changes in the soil GHG fluxes…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: experimental fires, low intensity burns, surface fires, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, charcoal, diameter classes, greenhouse gases, CH4 - methane, N - nitrogen, pH, population density, size classes, soil nutrients, Betula platyphylla, white birch, Japan, Asia, fire management, forest management, soil management, experimental areas, hardwood forests, forest fire, charcoal, greenhouse gas emissions, N2O - nitrous oxide
From the text...'The wildfires of 1998 brought another harsh reminder to the people of Florida of the power of natural hazards to destroy property, threaten safety, and cause untold human hardship. Overall, after the firestorm was finally extinguished, the event had caused one…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Monitoring and Inventory, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Chile, coastal forests, education, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel appraisal, fuel inventory, fuel management, histories, land management, logging, natural resource legislation, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, post fire recovery, public information, scrub, shrublands, smoke management, statistical analysis, tropical forests, US Forest Service, wildfires
From the text...'FOFEM 4.0-A First Order Fire Effects Model-is a computer program developed to meet the needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. Quantitative predictions of fire effects are needed for planning prescribed…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, fuel moisture, logging, mortality, post fire recovery, smoke management, wildfires
Poster abstract...A First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) was developed to predict the direct consequences of prescribed fire and wildfire. FOFEM was designed for application to most areas of the United States. First order fire effects are the immediate or direct results of a…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: computer programs, cover, cover type, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire management, fuel models, land management, mineral soils, mortality, Oregon, smoke effects, Washington, wildfires, wildlife, woody fuels
From the text...'Conclusions:..Our observations indicate that smoke alone will not necessarily drive spotted owls off their territories. Even fire in close proximity and very high levels of disturbance associated with fire-fighting failed to force the bullgrouse female to…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: Abies grandis, cavity nesting birds, coniferous forests, crown scorch, disturbance, fire exclusion, fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, forest management, lakes, land management, logging, mortality, Native Americans, old growth forests, Oregon, photography, Pinus ponderosa, post fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, salvage, smoke effects, Strix occidentalis, Washington, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the text...'The restoration of ecological processes is the key to promoting ecosystem stability and preserving biological integrity (Samson and Knopf 1993). Using prescribed fire to intentionally burn wildland biomass has been successful in restoring wildland fire regimes…
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Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, dendrochronology, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire regimes, grazing, land management, land use, landscape ecology, nutrient cycling, Oregon, pollen, sedimentation, succession, Washington, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife
From the text...'Conditions contributing to Florida's firestorms are similar to problems plaguing Montana forests. Scenes of devastation underscore the need to better manage forests.'
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, education, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Montana, public information, smoke effects, wildfires
From the text...'If you are not using a Public Information Officer on your prescribed burn projects, you should consider doing so. A PIO will provide a valuable service. As you scramble to get the needed resources, equipment and weather data, they can concentrate on informing…
Person:
Year: 1998
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, education, fire management, pH, public information