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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
Presented at 2014 Fall Alaska Fire Science Workshop
Person: York
Year: 2014
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Outreach
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, Southern, Southwest
Keywords: JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, funding, research
[Executive Summary] The Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 (FLAME Act) called for the development of a National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy). The Cohesive Strategy was created to serve as guidance to assist…
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Year: 2016
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: wildland fire, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), WFLC - Wildland Fire Leadership Council, fuels management, CPAW - Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire, community planning, wildfire
This Coordination Strategy (Strategy) establishes a protocol for coordination between the participating federal and state fire management agencies (FMAs), the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (hereafter collectively…
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Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: smoke management, Idaho, Montana, public health, wildfires, fire management, interagency cooperation, mitigation, air quality
Exceptional events are unusual or naturally occurring events that can affect air quality but are not reasonably controllable using techniques that tribal, state or local air agencies may implement in order to attain and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. …
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Year: 2016
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: EPA - Environmental Protection Agency, exceptional event, NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards, wildfires, O3 - ozone
EPA's Exceptional Events Rule guidance page which includes the final rule, the EER guidance document, responses to public comments, fact sheets, the federal register notice, and prior drafts of the rule and guidance.
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Year: 2016
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: exceptional event, air quality, wildfire, O3 - ozone, guidance
Fire Ecology is the international scientific journal supported by the Association for Fire Ecology. It publishes peer-reviewed articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire. We welcome submissions on topics that include a broad range of research on…
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Type: Website
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, International, National
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The US Forest Service Research Data Archive preserves and publishes short and long-term research data collected from studies funded by: Forest Service Research and Development (FS R&D); Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP); Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (ALWRI). Of…
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Type: Website
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: FSRDA - Forest Service Research Data Archive, datasets
An assessment of outcomes from research projects funded by the Joint Fire Science Program was conducted to determine whether or not science has been used to inform management and policy decisions and to explore factors that facilitate use of fire science. In a web survey and…
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Year: 2016
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: fire research, science delivery, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program
The Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The PFX seeks to reduce threats to ecosystems and communities in the Pacific from wildfire by…
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Type: Website
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): Hawaii
Keywords: fire science, information sharing, science delivery, PFX - Pacific Fire Exchange, Hawaii
The Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium (OWFFC) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The goal of the OWFFC is to increase the availability and consideration of…
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Type: Website
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): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: fire science, information sharing, science delivery, Oak Woodlands and Forest Fire Consortium, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
The Northwest Fire Science Consortium (NWFSC) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The NWFSC is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional network consisting of federal…
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Type: Website
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): Northwest
Keywords: fire science, information sharing, science delivery, NWFSC - Northwest Fire Science Consortium, Oregon, Washington
The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network (NRFSN) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The NRFSN is a go-to resource for managers and scientists involved in fire and…
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Type: Website
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): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fire science, science delivery, information sharing, NRFSN - Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Utah
The North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange (NAFSE) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The NAFSE is a center for fire science information that promotes communication…
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Type: Website
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): Eastern, International
Keywords: fire science, science delivery, information sharing, NAFSE - North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Delaware
The Great Plains Fire Science Exchange (GPE) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The GPE exists to assist land managers and the fire community to make sound decisions…
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Type: Website
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): Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest
Keywords: fire science, information sharing, science delivery, GPE - Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Economics
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, grasses, light burning, Oregon, smoke effects, smoke management, surface fires, topography, wind
Data from three separate but related surveys address the linkages between recreation and public perception of attitudes toward fire management. Recreation ranks high among alternative forest resource uses and is a serious concern vis-a-vis fire effects. Public acceptance of new…
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, catastrophic fires, education, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, grazing, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, multiple resource management, national forests, natural resource legislation, pollution, public information, recreation, runoff, soil erosion, trees, wildlife food plants
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: crown fires, fire case histories, fire size, fuel moisture, fuel types, humidity, Idaho, lightning caused fires, national forests, Oregon, rate of spread, rural communities, smoke behavior, spot fires, temperature, topography, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
The expanding use of prescribed fire to achieve North American land management objectives has led, in recent years, to the increased use of helicopter-ignition, large-scale controlled burns. These mass-ignition convection burns often generate extremely intense and erratic fire…
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, biomass, Canada, chemistry, convection, distribution, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire whirls, land management, Ontario, sampling, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke management
The looming possibility of global warming raises legitimate concerns for the future of the forest resource in Canada. While evidence of a global warming trend is not conclusive at this time, governments would be wise to anticipate, and begin planning for, such an eventuality.…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, climate change, global warming, air temperature, Alberta, arthropods, biogeography, biomass, boreal forests, British Columbia, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, climatology, disturbance, drought, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, gases, grasslands, hydrocarbons, insects, landscape ecology, lightning, logging, Manitoba, CH4 - methane, microclimate, Ontario, O3 - ozone, physics, plant diseases, precipitation, Quebec, recreation, Saskatchewan, season of fire, soil moisture, soil nutrients, soil temperature, temperate forests, tundra, wildfires, wind
Extensive measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters are summarized, showing that firefighters can be exposed to significant levels of carbon monoxide and respiratory irritants, including formaldehyde, acrolein, and respirable particulate matter. Benzene was also…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: hazard, wildfires, CO - carbon monoxide, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, firefighter safety, firefighters, air quality, CO2 - carbon dioxide, chemical compounds, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire injury, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, mop up, particulates, pollution, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, toxicity, wind
Fire shelters are critical safety items required for use by most wildland firefighters in the United States. Most testing of fire shelters, clothing and other personal protective equipment (PPE) has been limited to prescribed fires or laboratory based studies. This study reports…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, crown fires, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, black spruce, fire shelter, ICFME - International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment, Picea mariana, Northwest Territories, air temperature, field experimental fires, fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, humidity, gases, ignition, mortality, photography, wind
Forests and Rangelands is an active, cooperative effort between the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and their land management agencies. Forests and Rangelands provides fire, fuels, and land management…
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Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, 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, Weather, Social Science, Aquatic
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: HFI - Healthy Forests Initiative, National Fire Plan, FPA - Fire Program Analysis, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), stewardship contracting, WFLC - Wildland Fire Leadership Council, QFR - Quadrennial Fire Review, WFIT - Wildland Fire Information and Technology, Woody Biomass Utilization Strategic Plan, forest operations, land management tools
An interagency incident information management system to provide a single source of information for the public and a standardized reported tool for the public affairs community.
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Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Mapping, Outreach
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: public information, fire incident mapping, public affairs, fire information
The Great Basin Fire Science Exchange (GBFSE) is one of fifteen regional consortia supported by the Joint Fire Science Program and is part of a national fire science knowledge exchange network. The Great Basin Science Delivery Project is part of the Joint Fire Science Program's…
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Type: Website
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): California, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: fire science, science delivery, information sharing, GBFSE - Great Basin Fire Science Exchange, GBRMP - Great Basin Research and Management Partnership , Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming