Type
Topic
Region
Year
Displaying 1 - 21 of 21
Addressing wildfire is not simply a fire management, fire operations, or wildland-urban interface problem - it is a larger, more complex land management and societal issue. The vision for the next century is to: Safely and effectively extinguish fire, when needed; use fire where…
Person:
Year: 2011
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: wildfire, wildland fire, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy)
This study investigated occupational exposure to wood and vegetative smoke in a group of 28 forest firefighters at prescribed forest burns in a southeastern U.S. Forest during the winters of 2003-2005. During burn activities, 203 individual person-day PM2.5 and 149 individual…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, health factors, hydrocarbons, particulates, Georgia, fire management, forest management, pine hardwood forests, exposure, firefighters, particulate matter, wildland, woodsmoke
Conventional wisdom within American federal fire management agencies suggests that external influence such as community or political pressure for aggressive suppression are key factors circumscribing the ability to execute less aggressive fire management strategies. Thus, a…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire size, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, smoke effects, wildfires, education, insects, mortality, public information, Wyoming, fire management, forest management, land management, fire management, political pressure, community pressure, wildlife costs, fire suppression, wildfire policy
Biomass burning is often associated with climate oscillations. For example, biomass burning in South-east Asia is strongly linked to El Nino-southern oscillation activity. During October and November of the 2006 El Nino year, a substantial increase in CO mixing ratios was…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, peat fires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, remote sensing, Australia, Borneo, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand, fire management, tropical regions, AIRS - atmospheric infrared sounder, GFED - Global Fire Emissions Database, pacific ocean, peat burning, voluntary observing ship
Coarse woody debris serves many functions in forest ecosystem processes and has important implications for fire management as it affects air quality, soil heating and carbon budgets when it combusts. There is relatively little research evaluating the physical properties relating…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: combustion, fine fuels, fuel moisture, fuel loading, fuel types, heavy fuels, ignition, air quality, bark, C - carbon, cover type, decomposition, duff, fungi, litter, overstory, plant physiology, roots, slash, snags, soil temperature, wind, Australia, Costa Rica, Central America, New Zealand, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, fuel management, coniferous forests, pine hardwood forests, CWD - coarse woody debris, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, thermal properties
From the text ... 'Welcome to the new era of 'megafires,' which rage with such intensity that no human force can put them out. Their main causes, climate change and fire suppression, are fueling a heated debate about how to stop them.'
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Climate, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, crown fires, experimental fires, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, fire whirls, fuel accumulation, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, wildfires, woody fuels, climate change, litter, storms, fire management, forest management, fuel management, land management
As climate change increases vegetation combustibility, humans are impacted by wildfires through loss of lives and property, leading to an increased emphasis on prescribed burning practices to reduce hazards. A key and pervading concept accepted by most environmental managers is…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire resistant plants, smoke effects, wildfires, conservation, flowering, resprouting, seed germination, serotiny, Australia, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats
Strategies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions include substitution of fossil fuel with bioenergy from forests, where carbon emitted is expected to be recaptured in the growth of new biomass to achieve zero net emissions, and forest thinning to reduce wildfire emissions. Here…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, carbon dioxide, thinning, Oregon, Washington, fire management, forest management
From the text: 'Since the program began actual field operations in October, 1981, almost a million acres have been brought under vegetation management plans. About 160,000 acres have been burned to date, despite two of the wettest winters and springs in 90 years (1981/82 and…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, brush, environmental impact analysis, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, forage, ignition, private lands, runoff, soil erosion, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife refuges
Prescribed fire is accepted as an integral part of managing various ecosystems. Natural fire has played a dominant role in these everchanging ecosystems and is essential to the maintenance of some. Increasing demands on our forests, scenic and natural areas, wildlife areas, and…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aerial ignition, air quality, backing fires, Chamaedaphne calyculata, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, headfires, ignition, litter, Minnesota, pH, Picea mariana, scorch, soil nutrients, statistical analysis, watersheds, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
From the Conclusions ... 'The coordination of the helitorch operations, such as support services, unit ignition procedures, and timing, is of a critical nature. It is imperative that a smooth flow of effort be immediately established and maintained throughout a burn. Oversights…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerial ignition, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, fuel management, fuel types, ignition, rate of spread, smoke management
From the text 'Fire has had an important place in the development of Southern forests. It has been particularly important in the perpetuation of the pine forests of the Coastal Plain, as well as many other pine areas. Nevertheless, the destructive effects of fire are better…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, backfires, brush, coastal plain, crown scorch, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, firebreaks, firing techniques, flank fires, Fomes annosus, forest management, fuel management, Georgia, germination, hardwood forests, hardwoods, headfires, humidity, lightning, litter, logging, openings, pine forests, pine, Pinus, plant diseases, rate of spread, regeneration, Scirrhia acicola, season of fire, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, species diversity (plants), temperature, thinning, trees, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, wind, wood
'...The trend toward more production through intensification of forest management has been developing for at least the last 50 years, along a number of fronts and through a variety of disciplines. I will review the effects of fire protection, even-aged plantation management,…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, biomass, diseases, education, fire management, fire protection, Fomes annosus, forest management, general interest, genetics, logging, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plantations, population density, roots, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, wildfires, wood
Forest fires are can be fatal for firefighters owing to the phenomenon of eruptive fire. The hypothesis of this study is that biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) accumulate in the vicinity of the fire front. One of the factors required for an eruptive fire to take place…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: firefighter safety, France, blowup fires, BVOC - Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds, gas flow, fire case histories, blowup, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire size, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel accumulation, rate of spread, wildfires, air temperature, gases, chemical compounds, hydrocarbons, mortality, black pine, statistical analysis, Cistus monspeliensis, maritime pine, Pinus laricio, Pinus pinaster, Corsica, fire management, forest management, fuel management
Boreal forests and peatlands in northern circumpolar areas, including Ontario, store globally significant amounts of carbon but are subject to forest fires and other natural disturbances that cycle carbon between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Climate change…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, fire management, carbon sequestration, carbon storage, climate change, peatlands, boreal forests
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group definition of extreme fire behavior (EFB) indicates a level of fire behavior characteristics that ordinarily precludes methods of direct control action. One or more of the following is usually involved: high rate of spread, prolific…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: convection column, crowning, extreme fire behavior, fire research, spotting, fire whirls, knowledge gap, high rate of spread, crown fires, fire management, ROS - rate of spread, spot fires, wildfires, wind
To sum up, policy, strategy, personnel and equipment employed to suppress forest and range fires has changed dramatically over the past 70-year history of the Forest Service. Most of this change has come during the past 25 years, with the establishment of research laboratories…
Person:
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire control, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire suppression, histories, lightning, wildfires
Prescribed burning, in combination with mechanical thinning, is a successful method for reducing heavy fuel loads from forest floors and thereby lowering the risk of catastrophic wildfire. However, an undesirable consequence of managed fire is the production of fine particulate…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: biomass burning, broadcast burning, crown fires, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire suppression, fuel loading, heavy fuels, low intensity burns, recreation related fires, surface fuels, air quality, C - carbon, hydrocarbons, particulates, slash, thinning, understory vegetation, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Arizona, fire management, forest management, coniferous forests, elemental carbon, fine particulate matter, organic carbon, PM2.5, PAH - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wood-smoke particulate
We report high concentrations of black carbon aerosols (BC), present at two rural sites in New York during the last week in May 2010, that are linked to wildfire activity. At Mayville BC from wood smoke was recorded for a total of 20 h from three separate episodes, mean…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: smoke effects, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, climate change, greenhouse gases, health factors, particulates, radiation, remote sensing, Canada, New York, fire management, forest management, smoke management, boreal forests, mountains, black carbon, wildfire smoke, aerosols, fine particulate matter
The boreal biome is characterised by extensive wildfires that frequently burn into the thick organic soils found in many forests and wetlands. Previous studies investigating surface fuel consumption generally have not accounted for variation in the properties of organic soils or…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: catastrophic fires, fire size, fuel loading, laboratory fires, peat fires, surface fuels, wildfires, air quality, C - carbon, lichens, litter, mosses, organic soils, particulates, peat, soil moisture, soil organic matter, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, Cladina, Pleurozium schreberi, sphagnum, Alberta, Canada, fire management, fuel management, watershed management, bogs, boreal forests, peatlands, bog, boreal, C - carbon, ground-layer fuels, peat, peatland, smouldering, sphagnum, surface fuel combustion
On May 2009, both the gas and particulate fractions of smoke from a wildfire in Sever do Vouga, central Portugal, were sampled. Total hydrocarbons and carbon oxides (CO2 and CO) were measured using automatic analysers with flame ionisation and non-dispersive infrared detectors,…
Person:
Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, wildfires, air quality, C - carbon, gases, hydrocarbons, organic matter, particulates, Portugal, Europe, fire management, forest management, smoke management, wildfire, emission factors, particles, OC, EC, organic tracers