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With evidence of increasing wildfire risks in wildland-urban interface zones in the U.S. West and elsewhere, understanding intended evacuation behavior is a growing issue for community planners. This research investigates intended evacuation behavior due to wildfire risks, using…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: distribution, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, Mexico, national forests, New Mexico, population density, public information, statistical analysis, wildfires, evacuation, wildfire
From the text ... 'Increasing vulnerability of peat and forest ecosystems to fire and transboundary wildland fire smoke pollution are the key problems in the region.'
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asia, China, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, forest management, Japan, Korea, peat, peatlands, pollution, Russia, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'The regional is characterized by continental climate with extreme fire seasons affecting forest and steppe ecosystems.'
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Planning
Region(s): International
Keywords: Afghanistan, Asia, boreal forests, CO - carbon monoxide, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest fragmentation, forest management, climate change, grasslands, human caused fires, Kazakhstan, lightning caused fires, Mongolia, Russia, wildfires
In this study, we used fire count datasets derived from Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) satellite to characterize spatial patterns in fire occurrences across highly diverse geographical, vegetation and topographic gradients in the Indian region. For characterizing the…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, agriculture, air quality, Asia, biomass burning, cropland fires, deciduous forests, ecosystem dynamics, elevation, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel moisture, GIS, grasslands, ignition, India, montane forests, particulates, precipitation, rate of spread, remote sensing, savannas, slash, slash and burn, statistical analysis, tropical forests, vegetation surveys, wildfires, fires, spatial patterns, point pattern analysis, vegetation fires, India
From the text ... 'Every year, the Boise National Forest prescribed fire program burns an average of 7,000 to 8,000 acres (2,800 to 3,200 ha). The forest is located near Idaho's capital, which is the third largest metropolitan area in the northwest, and introduction of any smoke…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: education, fire management, fire suppression, Idaho, national forests, public information, smoke management
From the text ... 'How do some of us get through those dark days, learn from our mistakes, and continue to do our jobs as best we can? What makes some of us 'bounce back' from a serious accident, a fatality, or on escaped prescribed fire and continue to do the work on the land…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: Apalachicola National Forest, education, fire case histories, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, ignition, national forests, north Florida, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, season of fire, smoke effects, spot fires, Utah, wildfires
Fire managers must consider air-quality impacts when planning prescribed burns or devising wildfire containment strategies. Particulate matter (PM) is the primary pollutant of concern: it is the major component of smoke and has known detrimental influences on human health and…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: air quality, Arizona, fire control, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, humidity, particulates, precipitation, radiation, smoke management, temperature, wildfires, wind, air pollution, wildland fire, PM2.5, PM10
These research topics were distributed throughout the interagency fire and land management agencies in 2008. Respondents prioritized the topics within each category. The AWFCG Research Committee recommended rankings for topics which had no clear ranking dominance to the AWFCG. '…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: fire management planning, research needs, collaboration and wildfire
This past year has been a period of transition for the Rocky Mountain Research Station. In 2006, we identified the need to move from an organization of approximately 30 research work units whose work was formed around national Strategic Program Areas, to a more streamlined team-…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Forest Service, research, Rocky Mountain Research Station
A 60-minute video recorded in September 2008 as part of the Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment workshops. This presentation explains the US EPA's policy on smoke management, updates to this policy, and several regulatory actions…
Person: Gillam
Year: 2008
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, air pollution, haze, non-attainment area, smoke management, health effects, smoke management program, fine particulates, EPA - Environmental Protection Agency, exceptional event