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Wildland Fire Smoke Health Effects on Wildland Firefighters and the Public

In summary, the toxicological and epidemiological evidence of adverse effects for those with chronic exposure to smoke is troubling, especially so for those with preexisting cardiovascular health conditions. What the research means for healthy…
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Year: 2017
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Models, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: firefighter health, public health, smoke exposure, air pollution

Estimating Fire Smoke Related Health Burden and Novel Tools to Manage Impacts on Urban Populations

Fire smoke is a major contributor to both particulate matter (PM) and ozone exposure in urban centers. Epidemiological, clinical, and toxicological studies have demonstrated a casual relationship between these pollutants and cardiovascular and respiratory…
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Year: 2019
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, human health, health impacts, air quality, smoke exposure, Australia, health risk

AIRPACT-Fire for Enhanced Communication of Human Health Risk with Improved Wildfire Smoke Modeling

We propose AIRPACT-Fire to deliver enhanced wildfire related air-quality (AQ) forecast and 'nowcast' information. Targeted audiences include the public and AQ and medical professionals. Messaging will be diverse and will vary by audience and by medium. Media will include: the…
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, agricultural burning, health impacts

Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE)

The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is a multi-agency, interdisciplinary collaborative effort to identify and collect critical measurements of fuels, fire behavior, fire energy, meteorology, smoke, and fire effects that will be used to evaluate and advance…
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Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FASMEE - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, WRF-SFIRE-CHEM, WFDS - Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator, FIRETEC