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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Logistics, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, backfires, conservation, education, fire management, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, forest management, headfires, ignition, land use, liability, livestock, logging, mopping up, Oklahoma, public information, smoke behavior, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Old-growth savannas and forests dominated by longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) are of great conservation and research interest. Comprehensive inventories of old-growth communities, however, are lacking for most of longleaf pine's natural range. We searched the literature,…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: age classes, Alabama, amphibians, bibliographies, biogeography, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, coastal plain, Colinus virginianus, conservation, conservation easements, Cumberland Plateau, Dasypus novemcinctus, diameter classes, distribution, disturbance, duff, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Georgia, Gopherus polyphemus, ground cover, ground fires, histories, Imperata cylindrica, introduced species, invasive species, invertebrates, keystone species, land use, landscape ecology, light, Liqustrum sinese, logging, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine, Lonicera japonica, Louisiana, Lygodium, military lands, Mississippi, mountains, national forests, native species (plants), natural areas management, nongame birds, North Carolina, old growth forests, partial cutting, Picoides borealis, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plantations, presettlement vegetation, private lands, Red Hills, reptiles, sandhills, Sapium sebiferum, savannas, South Carolina, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, state forests, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, Texas, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), vegetation surveys, Virginiana, vulnerable species or communities, Wade Tract, wildfires, wildlife refuges, Wisteria
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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
From the text...'Big gaps still exist in the understanding of fire ecology, especially the seasonal aspects. Fire can have profoundly different effects on soil, plants and animals depending on when it occurs. Oftentimes the most ecological gain comes from burning during the…
Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: backfires, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasslands, headfires, invasive species, land management, liability, mopping up, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, public information, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, tallgrass prairies, topography, vegetation surveys
From the text ... 'This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical fitness, nutrition, work/rest…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, heat effects, mortality, nutrition, smoke effects, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text ... 'The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) notified the Forest Service of the findings of its investigation of the Thirtymile Fire on the Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest in July 2001. OSHA cited the Forest Service for two willful and three…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: catastrophic fires, crown fires, education, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, smoke effects, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas
From the text (p.10) ... 'Two significant changes have been made in the summer burning regulations issued by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) that may affect many landowners across the state.Four counties have been added to the list of counties included…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Alabama, burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, litter, particulates, season of fire
Custer State Park is a large multiple use park where the dominant vegetation is ponderosa pine. Past management practices and recent wildfires have created a variety of stand structures. The Resource Management Plan was designed and written in holistic fashion; public input was…
Person:
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: age classes, Betula papyrifera, Black Hills, computer programs, coniferous forests, digital data collection, ecosystem dynamics, fire intensity, fire suppression, forest management, GIS, histories, logging, overstory, Picea glauca, Pinus ponderosa, population density, population ecology, Populus tremuloides, public information, Quercus macrocarpa, South Dakota, stand characteristics, state parks, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires
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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
Fire is a natural phenomenon in Madrean Province ecosystems. Suppression of natural fire has altered ecosystem processes, however. Recognition of these alterations has led to the adoption of let-burn policies by many management agencies, but a let-burn policy has become less…
Person:
Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, 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, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel loading, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, hydrology, liability, lightning caused fires, Madrean habitats, national forests, national parks, plant growth, population density, prescribed fires (chance ignition), private lands, public information, seed production, smoke effects, thinning, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, natural fire, public safety, public lands, UNINFORMED PUBLIC
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Person:
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
From the text ... 'The use of prescribed fire as a land management tool has deep and ancient roots in south Carolina's heritage, but conducting prescribed burns is becoming increasingly challenging because of a variety of factors, according to the chairman of the South Carolina…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, birds, carnivorous plants, cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, coniferous forests, Dionaea, education, fire dependent species, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, game birds, Gopherus polyphemus, grasslands, hardwood forests, hunting, land management, longleaf pine, Picoides borealis, Pinus palustris, post fire recovery, public information, range management, roots, Sarracenia, season of fire, Smokey Bear program, South Carolina, Turkey, wild turkey, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
In the management of forest fires, early detection and fast response are known to be the two major actions that limit both fire loss and fire-associated costs. There are several inter-related factors that are crucial in producing an efficient fire detection system: the strategic…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Mapping, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Europe, fire equipment, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, Portugal, season of fire, statistical analysis, wildfires, forest fires, lookout towers, Portugal, visibility, fire detection, fire towers, FIRE DETECTION FUNCTION MODEL
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Asia, ENSO, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, Indonesia, precipitation, smoke management, fires, policy reform, local institutions, fire research
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Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, fire management, firebrands, grasslands, grazing, humidity, hunting, livestock, pollution, population density, remote sensing, roads, season of fire, smoke management, Thailand, urban habitats, watershed management, watersheds, wildfires, managing smoke, fire calendar, causes of fires, fire laws, conflict resolution, Village Watershed Networks, fire management and monitonng
BLM/NIFC/RSFWSU will provide a sesion revealing some of the current and past remote sensing involvements within the wildfire area. State of the art electronic sensing methods and devices will be displayed. Several data telemetry options available will also be covered in the…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Brazil, energy, fire control, fire management, fire suppression, humidity, Idaho, ignition, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, radiation, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke management, soils, South America, suppression, telemetry, weather observations, wildfires, wind, weather station, Spanish language
The purpose of the fire phase of the Smoke Clouds and Radiation (SCAR) experiments is to develop a technique for the quantitative remote sensing of fires and fire emissions. The first of the three fire experiments occurred in 1994 in California and the Pacific Noithwest. This…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, Brazil, energy, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire management, gases, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, radiation, remote sensing, smoke behavior, South America, wildfires, MAS (MODIS Airborne Simulator), MOPITT-A, SCAR - smoke clouds and radiation
Needs for analytical tools, the roles existing tools play, the processes they represent, and how they might interact are elements of key findings generated during a workshop held in Seattle February 17-18, 1999. The workshop was attended by 26 Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: catastrophic fires, computer programs, digital data collection, diseases, disturbance, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fuel accumulation, fuel inventory, fuel management, fuel models, grasses, Idaho, ignition, insects, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, mosaic, multiple resource management, overstory, rate of spread, shrubs, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, snags, soils, surface fuels, understory vegetation, wildlife habitat management
Land managers are increasingly implementing strategies that employ the use of fire in prescribed burns to sustain ecosystems and plan to sustain the rate of increase in its use over the next five years. In planning and executing expanded use of fire in wildland treatment, it is…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, catastrophic fires, chemical compounds, combustion, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, gases, health factors, human caused fires, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land management, lightning caused fires, Native Americans, particulates, shrublands, sloping terrain, smoke effects, smoke management, soot, statistical analysis, weather observations, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind, smoldering combustion, FIREPLUME, air quality, wildland fires, plume rise, Monte Carlo, dispersion model, Lagrangian, smoke management plans, EPM - Emissions Production Model
A method of composing vegetation fuel maps (VF maps) at medium scale is explained along with the purpose of such maps. A vegetation fuel VF map for the Lake Baikal basin has been created as an example of using this method.
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Abies spp., air temperature, Betula, bogs, combustion, dead fuels, diameter classes, distribution, droughts, duff, ecosystem dynamics, Europe, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, ground fires, heat, humus, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, lakes, Larix occidentalis, leaves, lichens, litter, mosses, mountains, needles, overstory, Picea, Pinus, population density, Populus, rhododendron, rocky habitats, Russia, season of fire, seedlings, shrubs, Siberia, slash, snags, soils, stand characteristics, topography, tundra, understory vegetation, vegetation surveys, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind, prime conductors of burning, vegetation fuel map, current forest fire danger map, dew point, drought index, drought severity class, HETEROGENEITY OF FUEL CONDITIONS, saplings, steppe, VEGETATION PYROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Fuels maps are a fundamental part of fire management activities such as prescribed fire planning, suppression strategies, smoke management, and fire effects. The constraints imposed by fiscal and human resources make it desirable to have a method that can rapidly and objectively…
Person:
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Abies lasiocarpa, cover, cover type, croplands, crowns, deciduous forests, evergreens, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, fuel inventory, GIS, grasses, grasslands, habitat types, herbaceous vegetation, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, land use, leaves, mosaic, mountains, photography, Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, population density, precipitation, Pseudotsuga menziesii, remote sensing, rocky habitats, shrublands, smoke management, statistical analysis, suppression, understory vegetation, urban habitats, wetlands, woody plants, Wyoming, land cover, fire fuels, remote sensing, Landsat, aerial photography, NLCD (National Land Cover Data) SET, LEAF-ON and LEAF-OFF TM MOSAICS, barrens
The Nature Conservancy, World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCN have pledged to work together and with partners to address the causes and ecological and social consequences of altered fire regimes across the world. The partners sponsored an experts workshop in May 2004 where we…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, Asia, Australia, biomass, boreal forests, Bromus tectorum, catastrophic fires, conservation, croplands, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire sensitive plants, fire size, fire suppression, forbs, forest types, fragmentation, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Ghana, climate change, grasses, grasslands, grazing, greenhouse gases, habitat conversion, habitat suitability, habitat types, health factors, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, incendiary fires, invasive species, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, moisture, post fire recovery, rural communities, savannas, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), temperature, thinning, tropical forests, wildfires, altered fire regimes, fire-dependent ecosystems, LANDFIRE, anthropogenic effects, PRIORITY ECOREGIONS
Large forest fires have repeatedly affected Europe, in particular the Mediterranean countries. It is now crucial to continue the effort to feed the several layers of prediction models and understand how wildfire spreads in order to develop modern preventative and mitigation…
Person:
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Portugal, remote sensing, Sentinel-5P, TROPOMI - TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument, EWE - extreme wildfire event, CO - carbon monoxide, CH4 - methane
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in forest management based on historical or natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale is that management that favours landscape compositions and stand structures similar to those found historically should also maintain…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, Canada, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, logging, old growth forests, Quebec, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, wildfires
From the text ... 'Once fires are established on the western portion of the Klamath National Forest, the pattern becomes a long-term commitment of resources, overhead teams, and expenditures.... When it comes to what to do with the Wooley Fire, there is no shortage of issues and…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: fire case histories, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, forest management, health factors, ignition, national forests, northern California, public information, rate of spread, smoke effects, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildfires, wildlife habitat management