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Wildfire particulate exposure and risks of preterm birth and low birth weight in the southwestern United States

Objectives: Wildfire air pollution is a growing concern on human health. The study aims to assess the associations between wildfire air pollution and pregnancy outcomes in the Southwestern United States.Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study.Methods: Birth records…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, Northern Rockies
Keywords: public health, air pollution, pregnancy outcomes, fine particulate matter, PM2.5, black carbon, organic carbon

Observations of a rotating pyroconvective plume

Background: There is an ongoing need for improved understanding of wildfire plume dynamics.Aims: To improve process-level understanding of wildfire plume dynamics including strong (>10 m s−1) fire-generated winds and pyrocumulus (pyroCu) development.Methods: Ka-band Doppler…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: plume dynamics, field experiment, fuel consumption, plume rotation, pyrocumulonimbus, updraft, FASMEE - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment

Protecting Wildfire Personnel from Smoke - How Incident Management Teams Address Smoke Risks

Smoke is a risk faced by wildland firefighters and personnel with both short and long-term health impacts. Safety Officers, Logistics Section Chiefs, Medical Unit Leaders and Air Resource Advisors can work individually and together as part of the Incident Management Team to…
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Year: 2024
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Planning, Safety
Region(s): National
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Wildfires are associated with increased emergency department visits for anxiety disorders in the western United States

As wildfires increasingly impact the global economy and public health, understanding their effects is crucial. Particularly, the relationship between wildfires and anxiety disorders remains unclear. In this study, we explore this association by analyzing 1,897,865 emergency…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Safety
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: anxiety, risk factors, public health, PM2.5

Health impacts of future prescribed fire smoke: considerations from an exposure scenario in California

In response to increasing wildfire risks, California plans to expand the use of prescribed fire. We characterized the anticipated change in health impacts from exposure to smoke under a future fire-management scenario relative to a historical period (2008–2016). Using dispersion…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California
Keywords: health impacts, public health, PM2.5, BlueSky Modeling Framework, PM - particulate matter

Remote sensing of volatile organic compounds release during prescribed fires in pine forests using open-path Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy

Background: Extreme wildfires have increased in recent decades, yet the consequences of extreme fire behaviour are not fully comprehended. The study of prescribed burning provides opportunities to advance understanding of some overlooked processes in fire behaviour, such as the…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Prescribed Fire, Fire Behavior, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: remote sensing, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, OP-FTIR - open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, VOC - volatile organic compounds, Albany Pine Bush Preserve, New York

Fighting fire and fumes: risk awareness and protective practices among western Australian firefighters

Background: In Western Australia, the issue of bushfires (wildfires) poses a persistent health risk to both volunteer and career forestry firefighters, populations that have been historically understudied.Aims: This descriptive qualitative study aimed to examine firefighters’…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Fire Prevention, Emissions and Smoke, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, bushfire, decontamination, firefighters, PPE - Personal Protective Equipment, smoke exposure, social dynamics, socioecological model, volunteer firefighter, wildfires

Exposure to smoke from wildfire, prescribed, and agricultural burns among at-risk populations across Washington, Oregon, and California

Wildfires, prescribed burns, and agricultural burns all impact ambient air quality across the Western U.S.; however, little is known about how communities across the region are differentially exposed to smoke from each of these fire types. To address this gap, we quantify smoke…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, agricultural burning, public health, PM2.5, SVI - Social Vulnerability Index

Strategic fire zones are essential to wildfire risk reduction in the western United States

Background: Over the last four decades, wildfires in forests of the continental western United States have significantly increased in both size and severity after more than a century of fire suppression and exclusion. Many of these forests historically experienced frequent fire…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: firefighter, forest resilience, Indigenous burning, lightning ignited fires, wildfire smoke