This presentation and an associated article detail the physical demands and emerging health concerns facing wildland firefighters, in addition to the challenges that their sponsoring agencies must address to protect the health and performance of these...
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Person: Ruby
Created Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Increasing fire activity and the associated degradation in air quality in the United States has been indirectly linked to human activity via climate change. In addition, direct attribution of fires to human activities may provide opportunities for near...
Person: Carter, Heald, Selin
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A 10-year review of accidents and incidents within the USDA Forest Service wildland fire system.
This document seeks to describe the wildland fire system and culture within which U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service employees operate....
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Type: Document
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Wildland fires are one of the most dangerous natural risks, causing significant economic damage and loss of lives worldwide. Every year, millions of hectares are lost, and experts warn that the frequency and severity of wildfires will increase in the...
Person: Ghali, Akhloufi
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Forest fire activity has been increasing in California. Satellite imagery data along with ground level measurements of PM2.5 have been previously used to determine the presence and level of smoke. In this study, emergency room visits for asthma are...
Person: Schweizer, Preisler, Entwistle, Gharibi, Cisneros
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smoke from wildfires or burning biomass directly affects air quality and weather through modulating cloud microphysics and radiation. A simple wildfire emission coupling of black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) with microphysics was implemented...
Person: Eghdami, Juliano, Jiménez, Kosović, Castellnou, Kumar, Vilà-Guerau de Arellano
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Purpose of Review: To review the recent literature on the effects of wildfire smoke (WFS) exposure on asthma and allergic disease, and on potential mechanisms of disease.
Recent Findings: Spatiotemporal modeling and increased ground-level...
Person: Noah, Worden, Rebuli, Jaspers
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
During a wildland fire event, firefighters often receive significant exposure to smoke consisting of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous emissions. Major respiratory and cardiovascular health concerns are related to inhalation of smoke and respiratory...
Person: Garg, Wang, Oakes, Bellini, Gollner
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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Large-scale wildfires in California, USA, are increasing in both size and frequency, with substantial health consequences. The capacity for wildfire smoke to displace microbes and cause clinically significant fungal infections is...
Person: Mulliken, Hampshire, Rappold, Fung, Babik, Doernberg
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Extreme enhancements in the total columns of carbon monoxide (CO), peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), ethylene (C2H4), methanol (CH3OH), and formic acid (HCOOH) were observed over the Canadian high Arctic during the period of 17-22 August 2017 by a ground-...
Person: Wizenberg, Strong, Jones, Lutsch, Mahieu, Franco, Clarisse
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES