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Smoke from wildfires is a growing public health risk due to the enormous amount of smoke-related pollution that is produced and can travel thousands of kilometers from its source. While many studies have documented the physical health harms of wildfire smoke, less is…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
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, International, National
Keywords: wildfires, landscape fire, bushfire, haze, mental health, well-being, scoping review
Forest and land fires have been occurring in Indonesia since the 1970s, but within the last two decades the intensity of these fires and their effects on neighbouring countries has elicited high media attention and new political engagement. As a direct consequence, the…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: swidden agriculture, forest fires, land fires, enclosure, agrarian transition, resource frontiers, Indonesia
To collect partner and employee input on the Wildfire Crisis Strategy 10-year Implementation Plan, the Forest Service and National Forest Foundation hosted a series of roundtable discussions in the winter and spring of 2022. Individual roundtables were focused on each of the…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: climate change, fire-adapted communities, fireshed, forest health, fuel treatment, ignition, land management, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), resilience, wildfires, Wildfire Crisis Strategy, trusted communicators, shared stewardship, equity, ITEK - Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge
This open access book synthesizes current information on wildland fire smoke in the United States, providing a scientific foundation for addressing the production of smoke from wildland fires. This will be increasingly critical as smoke exposure and degraded air quality are…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildfire, policy, quality of life, natural resource management, environment and people
Major wildfires and heatwaves have begun to increase in frequency throughout much of the United States, particularly in western states such as California, causing increased risk to public health. Air pollution is exacerbated by both wildfires and warmer temperatures, thus adding…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Monitoring and Inventory, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California
Keywords: climate change, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, heatwaves, air pollution, PurpleAir, compound risk, public health, environmental justice
Climate change impacts and rapid development in the wildland-urban interface are increasing population exposure and vulnerability to the harmful effects of wildfire and wildfire smoke. The direct and indirect effects of these hazards may impact future mobility decisions among…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: climate migration, risk perception, personal experience, wildfire, threat appraisal, migration intentions, mitigation
In recent years, wildfires have ravaged the landscape in many Western American states, especially California. But will these horrific wildfire experiences increase public support for wildfire adaptation measures? We conducted an individual-level survey in California in 2019.…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): California
Keywords: wildfire, personal experience, climatic event, partisan bias, environmental attitudes, policies, adaptation
Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but the effectiveness of this strategy is hard to observe. Using data from private pollution…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California, Eastern, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest
Keywords: smoke exposure, PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, air quality, public response, Google search, socio-economic factors, public health
Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United States has created an environmental and social crisis that must be approached from a transdisciplinary perspective. This presentation will summarize a recently published article in Current Environmental Health…
Person: Smith, D’Evelyn
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke exposure, forest management, fire management, human health, environmental justice, smoke impacts, wildfire preparedness, air pollution, health impacts, respiratory effects, cardiovascular effects, adaptive capacity, partnerships, integrated management, collaborative partnerships, Indigenous Peoples, social equity
At a fundamental level, smoke from wildland fire is of scientific concern because of its potential adverse effects on human health and social well-being. Although many impacts (e.g., evacuations, property loss) occur primarily in proximity to the actual fire, smoke can end up…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: human health, health effects, economic impacts, firefighter exposure, risk communication, social acceptability
Introduction
As wildfire smoke events increase in intensity and frequency in the Pacific Northwest, there is a growing need for effective communication on the health risks of smoke exposure. Delivery through a trusted source or intermediary has been shown to improve reception of…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: risk communication, public health, wildland fire, wildfire, trusted sources, trust, environmental hazards, thematic analysis, rural health, tribal health, Washington, Okanagan
Background
To reduce the negative health effects from wildfire smoke exposure, effective risk and health communication strategies are vital. We estimated the behavioral effects from changes in message framing and messenger in public health messages about wildfire smoke on…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: public service announcements, public health, human behavior, social media, Facebook, health impacts
Since 1998, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has provided funding and science delivery for scientific studies associated with managing wildland fire, fuels, and fire-impacted ecosystems to respond to emerging needs of managers, practitioners, and policymakers from local to…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program
Oregon Health Authority and the University of Oregon partnered to conduct a survey-based evaluation of wildfire smoke communications and impacts experienced by Oregon residents during the 2020 wildfire season. The purpose of this survey was to (1) understand how Oregonians…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Social Science
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: 2020 fire season, Oregon, survey, wildfire smoke exposure, public health, preparedness, smoke event
[from the text] Under this strategy, the Forest Service will work with partners to engineer a paradigm shift by focusing fuels and forest health treatments more strategically and at the scale of the problem, using the best available science as the guide. At the Forest Service,…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, 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, National
Keywords: resilience, climate change, forest health, fireshed, fuel treatment, ignition, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), wildfires, land management, fire-adapted communities
Prescribed fire is an increasingly important tool in restoring ecological conditions and reducing uncontrolled wildfire. Prescribed burn techniques could reduce public health impacts associated with wildfire smoke exposure. However, there have been few assessments of the health…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke exposure, social and health burden, public health, sociodemographic variables, health impacts, vulnerable populations
As climate change advances, communities across the United States are adapting to the increased threat of wildfires. Such disasters are expected to become more frequent and severe. In this lecture, Dr. Méndez explores why it is crucial to understand how these events amplify…
Person: Mendez
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California
Keywords: climate change, migrant workers, wildfire impacts, inequality, undocumented workers, Latino/a, disaster impacts, environmental justice, health impacts, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, environmental disaster planning
This paper presents findings from an online survey that explored public experiences of wildfire smoke, public health advisory information, risk perceptions, and protective actions in response to wildfire smoke in western Canada. Most respondents had wildfire smoke experiences…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: AQHI - Air Quality Health Index, risk perceptions, wildfire protective actions, preparedness, western Canada, public health, online survey
This study examined how wildfire risk is framed by different entities and actors within a common region, during and after experiencing several large wildfire events. Using a social constructionist lens, we viewed wildfire risk as a fluid and variable concept that is socially…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Social Science
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: risk communication, Colorado Front Range, wildfire, drinking water, watershed protection, risk governance, risk management, media coverage, CWPP - Community Wildfire Protection Plan, wildfire policy
A 10-year review of accidents and incidents within the USDA Forest Service wildland fire system.
This document seeks to describe the wildland fire system and culture within which U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service employees operate. To do so, this review presents a…
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Year: 2022
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:
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, air quality, Australia, backfires, Canada, chaparral, chemical compounds, coniferous forests, distribution, fire adaptations (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forage, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, human caused fires, hunting, land management, land use, lightning caused fires, mammals, National Fire Plan, national parks, Native Americans, Northern Territory of Australia, Pinus ponderosa, plant growth, presettlement fires, regeneration, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, sprouting, US Forest Service, wildfires
This article reports an analysis of mail-in questionnaires of policy participants in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The results show all stakeholder affiliations are concerned about the severity of fire risk relative to other important issue areas in the Basin, support thinning trees to…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, education, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, forest management, private lands, public information, recreation, statistical analysis, thinning, trees, water quality, wildfires, policy participants, Lake Tahoe Basin, environmental management, forest resources, forestry, natural resources, natural resource management
The following list of research topics was generated by agencies within AWFCG during 2005. The topics were ranked originally by the AWFCG Fire Research and Development Committee (FRDAC) and finally by the AWFCG members. Ranking was as follows: 3= high, 2 = medium, 1= low (or H…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords:
From the text...'The telephone survey of 675 rural and suburban residents of North and Central Florida provides some very useful direction for the development of the Fire Education Toolkit program. Key messages that have been identified by extension agents and home landscaping…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning intervals, burning permits, central Florida, education, fire control, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), flammability, Florida, forest management, grasslands, grazing, health factors, human caused fires, land use, landscape ecology, liability, lightning caused fires, natural areas management, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus, public information, rural communities, sampling, shrublands, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, swamps, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the text ... 'Restoration treatments can be ecologically as well as socially and economically beneficial. ... The fire regime at Girard was largely due to frequent burning by American Indians. ...Seeley Lake shows the importance of questioning the 'naturalness' of a given…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: age classes, catastrophic fires, Cervus elaphus, community ecology, competition, coniferous forests, conifers, crown fires, diameter classes, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, forage, forest fragmentation, forest management, insects, lakes, land management, Larix occidentalis, logging, mammals, Montana, national forests, Native Americans, nongame birds, old growth forests, overstory, Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, population density, Pseudotsuga menziesii, raptors, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, smoke effects, stand characteristics, succession, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management