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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, biomass, catastrophic fires, combustion, European settlement, fire case histories, fire control, fire equipment, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, land use, landscape ecology, national forests, national parks, private lands, wilderness fire management, wildfires
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Francis Marion National Forest (FMNF) supported the second largest and only documented naturally increasing population of red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis). Prior to Hurricane Hugo hitting the FMNF in September 1989, the red-cockaded…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, artificial cavities, birds, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, coastal plain, competition, distribution, disturbance, droughts, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habits and behavior, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, mortality, national forests, nesting, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, pocosins, population ecology, reproduction, salvage, season of fire, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, South Carolina, statistical analysis, storms, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), trees, US Forest Service, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, wind, artificial cavities, decline, Francis Marion National Forest, Hurricane Hugo, long term recovery, Picoides borealis, recovery, red-cockaded woodpecker
Eglin Air Force Base (Eglin) supports 309 active clusters, making it the fourth largest red-cockaded woodpecker population. During a 7-year period from 1994 to 2001, Eglin's red-cockaded woodpecker population increased 42%, making Eglin the fastest-growing large population of…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Economics, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, barrier islands, biogeography, burning intervals, cavity nesting birds, cavity trees, chemistry, clearcutting, community ecology, conservation, deforestation, diameter classes, distribution, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, Etheostoma okaloosae, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fishes, flatwoods, Florida, forage, forbs, forest management, forest products, fuel loading, ground cover, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, herbicides, histories, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, insects, land management, lightning caused fires, logging, longleaf pine, military lands, national forests, natural areas management, nongame birds, old growth forests, overstory, photography, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, population density, population ecology, private lands, Quercus, Quercus laevis, reforestation, regeneration, riparian habitats, roads, roots, sandhills, season of fire, seedlings, soil nutrients, soils, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, suppression, threatened and endangered species (animals), translocation, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, xeric soils, adaptive management, ecosystem management, Eglin Air Force Base, military, population trend, red-cockaded woodpecker
From the text ... 'Wildfires have had a high impact on Botswana's environment, destroying both forest and rangeland resources. ...Prescribed burning is practiced in State forest reserves, national parks, and game reserves to reduce highly flammable fine fuels on the forest floor…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, arid regions, Baikiaea, Botswana, conservation, crown fires, deserts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fine fuels, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel loading, grasses, ground fires, heat, human caused fires, humidity, hunting, landscape ecology, leaves, litter, logging, mortality, national parks, precipitation, public information, riparian habitats, runoff, savannas, season of fire, smoke effects, soil erosion, soil nutrients, state forests, surface fires, temperature, topography, Washington, water, wildfires, wind
From the text ... ''It will be a long time before those woods, more relentless than the waters, give up their dead.' -- C.E.Robinson, 1872 ...The drought was mild compared to the times leading up to other historically great fires in the Midwest. ...Surface fires scorched tree…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, 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
Keywords: Acer, air quality, air temperature, Arizona, bark, Betula, blowups, bogs, Canada, catastrophic fires, Colorado, combustion, coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, crown scorch, crowns, Cupressaceae, dead fuels, deciduous forests, droughts, duff, education, energy, evergreens, Fagus grandifolia, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire growth, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, fire whirls, firebrands, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, flammability, forage, forest fragmentation, forest products, Fraxinus, fuel appraisal, fuel management, gases, heat, human caused fires, humidity, ignition, Illinois, leaves, lightning caused fires, logging, Maine, Michigan, mineral soils, Minnesota, mortality, mosaic, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New England, old growth forests, Ontario, overstory, Picea, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, Pinus banksiana, Pinus resinosa, Pinus strobus, precipitation, presettlement fires, public information, Quercus, radiation, rate of spread, rivers, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, snags, soils, spontaneous combustion, spot fires, stand characteristics, storms, surface fires, surface fuels, temperature, topography, Ulmus, understory vegetation, vortices, Washington, water, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind, Wisconsin, wood, woody fuels
Better understanding is needed of what makes educational efforts most effective in increasing public support for wildfire management and mitigation efforts. Results of a mail survey of homeowners in Incline Village, Nevada, indicate that personalized contact is key in the…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: defensible space, public acceptance, education, Nevada, public attitudes, wildfire, homeowner perceptions, information sources, property damage, fire damage, fire damage protection, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, light burning, escaped prescribed fires, smoke effects, surface fires, aesthetics, health factors, logging, partial cutting, population density, private lands, public information, thinning, Abies concolor, fire management planning, fuel management, land use, wildlife habitat management, coniferous forests
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
We report the results of a questionnaire and workshop that sought to gain a better and deeper understanding of the contemporary information needs of wildland fire and fuels managers. Results from the questionnaire indicated that the decision to suppress a wildland fire was most…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: strategic planning, WFU - wildland fire use, decision support, management plan, catastrophic fires, computer program, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire management planning, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, fuel accumulation, fuel management, GIS - geographic information system, grazing, heavy fuels, herbicide, invasive species, land management, recreation, US Forest Service, wildfires, wildland fuels, wildlife habitat management