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This webinar, by Roger Ottmar and Susan Prichard on December 12, 2013, presents the fuel consumption data collected from 18 prescribed fires in southern pine forest and sand pine scrub fuelbed types in the Southeastern United States, and from 11 mixed hardwoods and pitch pine…
Person: Ottmar, Prichard
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Planning
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: fuel consumption

There will be dramatic changes to most landscapes of the western US over the next century, such as shifts in vegetation communities, changes in fire regimes, and increases in smoke emissions. These changes will result from complex interactions among vegetation, fuels, fire, and…
Person: Keane
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, climate change, climate-fire interactions, landscape modeling, tipping point

This is the third presentation held on the first day of the 2013 National Logistics Webinar Series. Pete Lahm, US Forest Service and George Broyles, US Forest Service discuss an emerging program and effort dealing with wildfire air quality response. This webinar originally aired…
Person: Lahm, Broyles
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: firefighter health, smoke exposure, public health, superfog, air quality impacts, transportation safety

Presentation by Dr. Carol Blocksome, Kansas State University, at the 2013 Tallgrass Prairie & Oak Savanna Regional Fire Conference in Dubuque, Iowa.
Person: Blocksome
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: air quality, Kansas, smoke management plan, outreach strategy

Presentation by Matt Zine, Conservation Biologist with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Recorded at the 2013 Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Regional Fire Conference in Dubuque, Iowa.
Person: Zine
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: invasive plants, Wisconsin, fire suppression effects

Presentation by Casey Sullivan, Meteorologist and Forecaster with the National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville office. Recorded at the 2013 Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Regional Fire Conference in Dubuque, Iowa.
Person: Sullivan
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: inversion, mixing height, smoke dispersion, relative humidity, transport winds, ventilation rate

Roger Ottmar has a long and distinguished career studying forest fuel consumption and emissions. He presented this talk at the RX410 Smoke Management Techniques class March 25-29, 2013, Fairbanks, Alaska. This 30 minute module (RX410 Unit 8B) covers smoke production,…
Person: Ottmar
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fuel loading, photo series, emission estimates, emission factor, fuel consumption, pollutants, dispersion models, fuel bed

Roger Ottmar led numerous field studies on the effects of smoke on firefighter health. He presented this talk at the RX410 Smoke Management Techniques class March 25-29, 2013, Fairbanks, Alaska. This 30 minute module (RX410 Unit 5B) covers effects of various smoke components…
Person: Ottmar
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: firefighter safety, PM - particulate matter, risk management, smoke management, firefighter health, smoke exposure, health effects

Roger Ottmar has a long and distinguished career studying smoke and effects on firefighter and public health. He presented this talk on the public health impacts of smoke at the RX410 Smoke Management Techniques class March 25-29, 2013, Fairbanks, Alaska. This introductory (…
Person: Ottmar
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, public opinion, air pollution, PM - particulate matter, smoke management, CO - carbon monoxide, pollutants, public health, health impacts, asthma

Roger Ottmar has a long and distinguished career studying smoke and effects on firefighter and public health. He presented this talk on the public health impacts of smoke at the RX410 Smoke Management Techniques class March 25-29, 2013, Fairbanks, Alaska. This introductory (…
Person: Ottmar
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Clean Air Act, liability, NO - nitrogen oxide, ozone, PM - particulate matter, visibility, CO - carbon monoxide, pollutants, health risk, lead, SO2 - sulfur dioxide