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A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy

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…
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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)

Personal PM2.5 exposure among wildland firefighters working at prescribed forest burns in southeastern United States

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…
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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

What is limiting more flexible fire management -- public or agency pressure?

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…
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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

Exposure to bushfire smoke during prescribed burns and wildfires: firefighters' exposure risks and options

Firefighters are exposed to known health-damaging air pollutants present in bushfire smoke and poorly managed exposure can result in serious health issues. A better understanding of exposure levels and the major factors influencing exposures is crucial for the development of…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Safety
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire intensity, firefighting personnel, smoke effects, spot fires, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, health factors, pollution, sampling, toxicity, Australia, fire management, smoke management, firefighter, bushfire smoke, exposure, health risk

Little evidence for fire-adapted plant traits in Mediterranean climate regions

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…
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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

Burning in smoke, smothering in flame

From the text ... 'Brazil's continued struggles with widespread wildfires highlight the country's need for focused fire managedment policies geared to its incredibly diverse ecosystem.'
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: Brazil, cerrado, ecosystem dynamics, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression (aerial), forest management, fragmentation, post fire recovery, South America, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), tropical forests, wildfires

Detection, emission estimation and risk prediction of forest fires in China using satellite sensors and simulation models in the past three decades -- an overview

Forest fires have major impact on ecosystems and greatly impact the amount of greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. This paper presents an overview in the forest fire detection, emission estimation, and fire risk prediction in China using satellite imagery, climate…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, aerosols, biomass, climate change, greenhouse gases, moisture, remote sensing, vegetation surveys, China, Asia, fire management, forest management, forest fire detection, fire emission estimation, forest fire risk model, satellite remote sensing, China

Peat bog wildfire smoke exposure in rural North Carolina Is associated with cardiopulmonary emergency department visits assessed through syndromic surveillance

BACKGROUND: In June 2008, burning peat deposits produced haze and air pollution far in excess of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, encroaching on rural communities of eastern North Carolina. Although the association of mortality and morbidity with exposure to urban air…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: peat fires, smoke effects, wildfires, aerosols, air quality, diseases, health factors, remote sensing, North Carolina, fire management, smoke management, watershed management, bogs, peatlands, cardiopulmonary health effects, satellite data, syndromic surveillance, wildfire smoke exposure

Forest fires in mediterranean countries: CO2 emissions and mitigation possibilities through prescribed burning

Forest fires are an integral part of the ecology of the Mediterranean Basin; however, fire incidence has increased dramatically during the past decades and fire is expected to become more prevalent in the future due to climate change. Fuel modification by prescribed burning…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: carbon balance, CO2 - carbon dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, fuel loading, rate of spread, wildfires, air quality, biomass, climate change, drought, statistical analysis, fire management, forest management, Mediterranean habitats

Emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds involved in eruptive fire: implications for the safety of firefighters

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…
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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

Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire

Large wildfire occurrence and burned area are modeled using hydroclimate and landsurface characteristics under a range of future climate and development scenarios. The range of uncertainty for future wildfire regimes is analyzed over two emissions pathways (the Special Report on…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire modeling, burned area, moisture deficit, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, flammability, fuel moisture, wildfires, air temperature, climate change, precipitation, fire management, forest management

A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States

Using forests to mitigate climate change has gained much interest in science and policy discussions. We examine the evidence for carbon benefits, environmental and monetary costs, risks and trade-offs for a variety of activities in three general strategies: (1) land use change…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: urban forestry, wood products, intensive silviculture, afforestation, avoided deforestation, carbon emission offsets, carbon storage and sequestration, disturbance risk, greenhouse gas mitigation, wood biomass energy

Greenhouse gas induced changes in the fire risk in Brazil in ECHAM5/MPI-OM coupled climate model

Vegetation fires are the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The reduction of the climatic impact of these emissions is related to the vegetation susceptibility to fire (fire risk), as well as to the understanding of possible implications of…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Brazil, greenhouse gases, PFI - Potential Fire Index, fire danger rating, season of fire, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, CO2 - carbon dioxide, deforestation, drought, evapotranspiration, climate change, precipitation, fire management, forest management, tropical forest

Short- and long-term effects of thinning and prescribed fire on carbon stocks in ponderosa pine stands in northern Arizona

Euro-American logging practices, intensive grazing, and fire suppression have increased the amount of carbon that is stored in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. Ex Laws) forests in the southwestern United States. Current stand conditions leave these forests prone to high-…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, surface fires, wildfires, C - carbon, national forests, thinning, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Arizona, fire management, forest management, coniferous forests, fire risk reduction, silviculture, FVS - Forest Vegetation Simulator

Characterization of PM2.5 collected during broadcast and slash-pile prescribed burns of predominately ponderosa pine forests in northern Arizona

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…
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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

Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire

Research activities focused on estimating the direct emissions of carbon from wildland fires across North America are reviewed as part of the North American Carbon Program disturbance synthesis. A comparison of methods to estimate the loss of carbon from the terrestrial…
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Year: 2011
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire case histories, fire hazard reduction, fire size, fuel moisture, fuel loading, fuel types, wildfires, air quality, biomass, C - carbon, disturbance, duff, remote sensing, Saskatchewan, Canada, Oregon, Mexico, fire management, forest management, fuel management, boreal forests, chaparral, coniferous forests, shrublands