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From the text ... 'It was the first time I ever heard a DNR pilot state that nothing could be done about a fire.... When the wind began to change, I saw something I had never seen before except on television. The smoke column started twisting like a tornado.... The fire behavior…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, droughts, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firebreaks, flame length, forest management, fuel accumulation, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, litter, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, regeneration, spot fires, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'A new definition of the wildland/ruban interface is needed, along with a commitment to protect and preserve all neighborhood and community at-risk values.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, Arizona, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, education, erosion, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, grazing, health factors, land management, liability, logging, National Fire Plan, plant communities, public information, recreation, rural communities, smoke behavior, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, Washington, watersheds
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, coniferous forests, conservation, diseases, ecosystem dynamics, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest management, forest products, grazing, histories, invasive species, land management, national forests, native species (plants), natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, recreation, roads, salvage, Smokey Bear program, soil erosion, state forests, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), US Forest Service, urban habitats, vegetation surveys, watershed management, weeds, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, community ecology, ecosystem dynamics, education, experimental fires, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, histories, ignition, low intensity burns, population density, population ecology, post fire recovery, private lands, public information, rural communities, season of fire, smoke effects, succession, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel management, invasive species, land management, lightning caused fires, national forests, national parks, old growth forests, presettlement fires, public information, smoke effects, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
BlueSky is a real-time smoke forecast system that predicts surface smoke concentrations from prescribed fire, wildfire, and agricultural burn activities. Developed by the USDA Forest Service in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is a tool used by…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, catastrophic fires, chemical elements, competition, computer networks, computer programs, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel types, GIS, grass fires, health factors, histories, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, Montana, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, suppression, topography, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wildfires
This talk describes development of a physics-based mathematical and computational model to predict fire spread among structures and natural fuels (trees, shrubs and ground litter). This tool will be used to understand how fires spread in a community where both structures and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, combustion, computer networks, computer programs, distribution, elevation, fine fuels, fire growth, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, firefighting personnel, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, herbaceous vegetation, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, leaves, litter, needles, overstory, physics, plant physiology, rate of spread, shrubs, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, topography, trees, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
Rex Creek, located on the northwest shore of Lake Chelan on the east side of the Cascade Mountain Range, was the site of Eastern Washington's largest fire in the summer of 2001. Ignited by lightning, the wildfire burned a total of 54,298 acres and exposed the communities of…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, catastrophic fires, computer programs, fire case histories, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lightning, lightning caused fires, rangeland fires, rangelands, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The Hazard Mapping System (HMS) is a multiplatform remote sensing approach to detecting fires and smoke over the US and adjacent areas of Canada and Mexico. This system is an integral part of the Satellite Services Division's near realtime hazards detection and mitigation…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, computer programs, fire control, fire management, GIS, heat, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land use, Mexico, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, US Forest Service, weather observations, web page, wildfires
Fire-blocking gel, a new weapon in the war on wildfires, is being hailed by firefighters, property owners, scientists and government officials as one of the most important developments in fire fighting history. This new technology enables professional firefighters as well as…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: brush, Canada, chemistry, Chile, Colorado, fire equipment, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, Florida, foam, heat, histories, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Montana, South Dakota, water, wildfires, Wyoming
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the central east coast of Florida. Most of the fuels found on the refuge burn with high intensity, and many are important habitat for threatened and endangered species. Little fire…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: catastrophic fires, education, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel loading, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, marshes, military lands, multiple resource management, public information, scrub, smoke management, south Florida, threatened and endangered species, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vulnerable species or communities, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wildlife refuges
The Florida Park Service (FPS) manages 490,000 upland acres scattered throughout 158 units. The FPS began burning in 1970 and has placed a strong emphasis on burning during the lightning season. Fire is viewed as a basic ecological necessity for all fire-type communities managed…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Ammodramus savannarum floridanus, cover type conversion, Dendroctonus frontalis, droughts, fire dependent species, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firefighting personnel, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, Gopherus polyphemus, hardwoods, herbicides, introduced species, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lightning, logging, multiple resource management, natural areas management, pine forests, plant diseases, pollution, recreation, Sarracenia, Sciurus niger, site treatments, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, state parks, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), urban habitats, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, health factors, Healthy Forests Initiative, heavy fuels, landscape ecology, low intensity burns, Montana, multiple resource management, National Fire Plan, national parks, natural resource legislation, New Mexico, private lands, public information, range management, rangelands, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Models
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, brush, CO - carbon monoxide, catastrophic fires, Colorado, combustion, coniferous forests, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, fuel management, fuel models, fuel types, gases, grasses, humidity, litter, moisture, needles, overstory, particulates, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Populus spp., precipitation, rate of spread, topography, understory vegetation, wildfires, wind
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Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, air quality, Andropogon, backfires, biogeochemical cycles, Butyrospermum parkii, chemistry, combustion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fuel loading, gases, Ghana, headfires, land use, range management, rangelands, savannas, season of fire, vegetation surveys, West Africa
This paper reports a study of seasonal and permanent homeowners in three wildland-urban interfaces in the United States: San Bernardino County in California, southwestern Colorado, and the panhandle of Florida. Past experiences with fuel reduction techniques, wildland fire, and…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola National Forest, Colorado, coniferous forests, cutting, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, Florida, fuel management, land use, National Fire Plan, national forests, public information, regeneration, site treatments, smoke effects, statistical analysis, thinning, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text ... 'This chapter focuses on the practical, management implications of the fire and climate change research that is reported in the earlier chapters of this volume. We start with an overview of fire management goals and strategies, and then draw some parallels…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, International
Keywords: fire damage (property), fire regimes, fire suppression, wildfires, air quality, climate change, Canada, Argentina, Chile, South America, fire management, forest management
'Painting, architecture, politics, even gardening and golf-all have their critics and commentators,' observes Stephen Pyne. 'Fire does not.' Aside from news reports on fire disasters, most writing about fire appears in government reports and scientific papers-and in journalism…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire suppression, fire policy
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Logistics, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: crown fires, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, laboratory fires, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, plantations, rate of spread, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, spot fires, vortices, Washington, wildfires, wind, Wisconsin
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, convection, crown fires, crowns, droughts, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, flame length, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, health factors, Idaho, national forests, Pinus contorta, rate of spread, statistical analysis, surface fuels, topography, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'It was a Black Friday for more than 50 families whose homes were destroyed.'
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, education, fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, lightning caused fires, North Carolina, Piedmont, pine forests, precipitation, public information, rate of spread, South Carolina, swamps, Washington, wildfires, wind
The application of fire in the southern United States continues to increase in complexity due to urban sprawl, air quality issues and regulatory constraints. Many sites suffer from unnaturally high fuel accumulations due to decades of fire exclusion. The loss of habitat to…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Fire Ecology, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, burning intervals, catastrophic fires, conservation, cover type conversion, education, energy, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, habitat conversion, hardwood hammocks, ignition, liability, low intensity burns, marshlands, mowing, natural areas management, north Florida, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, plant communities, public information, roads, sandhills, scrub, site treatments, smoke management, succession, swamps, Taxodium distichum, urban habitats, watershed management, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Wildfire represents a serious challenge to communities in the rural West. After decades of fire suppression, land managers now perceive a greater role for wildfire in the ecosystem. In the meantime,migration patterns from urban to rural settings have increased the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, education, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, hardwood forests, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, pine forests, post fire recovery, public information, recreation, rural communities, season of fire, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Factors influencing the probability of fire occurrence in the south central United States were investigated using a geographic information system (GIS) and a multinomial logit model. Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data at the plot level were merged with census data at the…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, distribution, education, FIA - Forest Inventory and Analysis, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel types, geography, GIS - geographic information system, hardwood forests, human caused fires, incendiary fires, land use, logging, Mississippi, Oklahoma, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, Pinus spp., plantations, population density, prescribed fires (chance ignition), prescribed fires (escaped), private lands, roads, statistical analysis, Tennessee, Texas, topography, urban habitats, wildfires
The Fire and Fuels Extension (FFE) to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) simulates fuel dynamics and potential fire behaviour over time, in the context of stand development and management. Existing models of fire behavior and fire effects were added to FVS to form this…
Person:
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: age classes, biomass, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, chaparral, computer programs, coniferous forests, cover, crown fires, crowns, dead fuels, decay, decomposition, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, flame length, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, grasses, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, Idaho, insects, leaves, litter, live fuels, logging, moisture, Montana, mortality, needles, northern California, Oregon, particulates, salvage, scorch, shrubs, size classes, snags, stand characteristics, statistical analysis, succession, surface fires, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, wind, woody fuels, FVS, FFE, forest fire, stand dynamics, FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, BEHAVE, NEXUS, snags, coarse, woody debris, FARSITE, TETONS