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Characterizing public tolerance of smoke from wildland fires in communities across the United States
Little is known about public tolerance of smoke from wildland fires. By combining data from two household surveys, we sought to determine whether tolerance of smoke from wildland fires varies with its origin or managerial rationale, to describe…
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Year: 2016
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: forest management, public health, tolerance, public acceptance, wildfires, survey, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, Oregon, South Carolina, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Louisiana, air quality, health factors, slash, thinning, fire management, smoke management, smoke effects
Data from three separate but related surveys address the linkages between recreation and public perception of attitudes toward fire management. Recreation ranks high among alternative forest resource uses and is a serious concern vis-a-vis fire effects. Public…
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Year: 1986
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, catastrophic fires, education, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, grazing, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, livestock, low intensity burns, multiple resource management, national forests, natural resource legislation, pollution, public information, recreation, runoff, soil erosion, trees, wildlife food plants
Wildland fire and associated management efforts are dominant topics in natural resource fields. Smoke from fires can be a nuisance and pose serious health risks and aggravate pre-existing health conditions. When it results in reduced visibility near roadways, smoke can also pose…
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Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): California, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: public acceptance, tolerance, public perceptions, wildfires, air quality, public information, fire management, smoke management, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina
Many communities see the need to increase the use of beneficial fire, yet they struggle to find effective approaches that all stakeholders agree upon. We use mental modeling with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to help stakeholders express their worldviews on fire use and share their…
Person: Jetter
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: Oregon, stakeholders' perceptions, fire management
Prescribed fire can be an important tool in the successful management of many invasive plants. This two-part webinar series will focus on the invasive plant Phragmites australis. Prescribed fire is often recommended as part of an integrated management regime. However, large…
Person: Osterland
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: fire management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, Michigan, burn plans, public perception, smoke management, Phragmites, Phragmites australis
This report presents key findings, conclusions, and recommendations from a longitudinal research study on wildfire preparedness and evacuation planning in a pandemic (CONVERGE 2020).
The research aim was to understand the social, ecological, and public health dimensions of…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: wildfire, preparedness, evacuation, COVID-19, pandemics, risk perception
This video is the third in a series describing fire in the Great Plains. The series features ranchers in the region and local experts discussing prescribed fire. This video focuses on challenges land owners face when using prescribed fire. Ranchers talk about how they overcome…
Person: Moore
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: burn plans, public perception, smoke management, prairie management
Maintaining appropriate fire return intervals for fully functioning ecosystems can be difficult for a variety of reasons. Laws and regulations can place limitations on both the timing and extent of prescribed burning. In this webinar, Dr. Wonkka will present an overview of the…
Person: Wonkka
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: right to burn, landowner perceptions, liability, negligence, fire management, air quality
Scientists and partners are working to advance our understanding of fire, developing planning tools, and understanding public perceptions to help reduce barriers to conducting prescribed fires.
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fuels treatment, POD - Potential Operational Delineation, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, community-based partnerships, lynx, habitat
Following a survey of forest homeowners in rural Michigan to assess the value of reducing the risk of damage from wildfires at the wildland-urban interface, focus-group discussions were conducted with a subset of survey participants to learn about their perceptions…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, brush, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, Dendroica kirtlandii, education, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, ignition, landscape ecology, Michigan, nongame birds, Pinus banksiana, private lands, public information, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires, fire management, fire risk assessment, focus groups, Mack Lake Fire
From the text ... '..., in today's world with imcreasing populations, and more people living in the wildland urban interface, prescribed burn practitioners must put more emphasis on smoke management. If we don't manage our smoke and the resulting negative impacts, then the…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: heat, smoke behavior, air temperature, humidity, precipitation, public information, storms, wind, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, land management, smoke management
To assess public attitudes and values regarding fires and fire management, a telephone survey was conducted of California residents. Most respondents were concerned about wildland and wilderness fires. The greatest percentage agreed that 'we probably have to let some fires burn…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science
Region(s): California
Keywords: fire management, public opinion, air quality, ecosystem dynamics, education, property damage, National Fire Plan, fire suppression, land use, Native Americans, public information, recreation, site treatments, statistical analysis, thinning, wilderness fire management, US Forest Service, wildfires
With evidence of increasing wildfire risks in wildland-urban interface zones in the U.S. West and elsewhere, understanding intended evacuation behavior is a growing issue for community planners. This research investigates intended evacuation behavior due to wildfire risks, using…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: distribution, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, Mexico, national forests, New Mexico, population density, public information, statistical analysis, wildfires, evacuation, wildfire
From the Executive Summary... 'Changes in policies governing fire in publicly-managed recreation areas have generated concern among federal land management professionals about public acceptance. This concern is compounded by the increasing numbers of people engaged in outdoor…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Arizona, burning intervals, education, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, human caused fires, land management, land use, light, lightning, lightning caused fires, low intensity burns, public information, recreation, sampling, statistical analysis, wildfires, wildlife
Focus groups were used to gauge tolerance of smoke from broadcast prescribed forest burning in the wildland-urban interface of the northern Inland West. Focus group participants worked through issues surrounding prescribed burning as a management tool to…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: focus groups, air quality, broadcast burning, coniferous forests, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, fuel management, Native Americans, public information, rural communities, smoke management, wildfires
In California, the percentage of wildland which is prescribed burned has been declining for many years. Fear of litigation, environmental concerns, and public perceptions seem to be the stumbling blocks. Is the reverse true: if we stop prescription burning, will…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: archaeological sites, education, erosion, erosion control, fire hazard reduction, fire protection, fire suppression, liability, natural resource legislation, public information, season of fire, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Wildfire represents a serious challenge to communities in the rural West. After decades of fire suppression, land managers now perceive a greater role for wildfire in the ecosystem. In the meantime,migration patterns from urban to rural settings have increased the…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, Cascades Range, catastrophic fires, education, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, hardwood forests, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, pine forests, post fire recovery, public information, recreation, rural communities, season of fire, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire contains information on prescribed fire smoke management techniques, air quality regulations, smoke monitoring, modeling, communication, public perception of prescribed fire and smoke, climate change, practical…
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Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, 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: smoke management, smoke management program, smoke management plan, smoke management tools, BSMP - Basic Smoke Management Practices, Basic Smoke Management Practices, emissions mitigation, prescribed burn
Wildland managers in the South use prescribed burning to reduce dangerous fuels, control understory hardwoods, combat disease, facilitate pine regeneration, and improve wildlife habitat. Burning techniques are highly developed, and prescribed burners believe they can use fire…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Economics, Fuels, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backfires, competition, education, fire hazard reduction, firing techniques, forest management, hardwoods, headfires, logging, multiple resource management, pine forests, plant diseases, public information, regeneration, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, understory vegetation, wilderness fire management, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
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
From the text... 'To understand and predict wildland fire behavior, it is necessary to enlarge analogies drawn from confined fires and to create models for the components of the fire environment, such as fuels and weather, and for the mechanics of fire propagation. Wildland fire…
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Great Basin, Northwest, Southern, International
Keywords: backfires, blowups, catastrophic fires, char, chemistry, combustion, convection, crown fires, decomposition, droughts, duff, fire adaptations (plants), fire case histories, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire size, fire whirls, flame length, flammability, floods, forest types, fuel loading, fuel moisture, grasses, ground fires, heat, heat effects, histories, human caused fires, hydrology, ignition, India, Komarek, E.V., Sr., landscape ecology, live fuels, military lands, national forests, New England, nutrients, O - oxygen, physics, private lands, rivers, sloping terrain, spot fires, statistical analysis, topography, US Forest Service, understory vegetation, water, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind, woody fuels, conduction, firestorm, LAWSUITS, MYTHOLOGY, pitch, pyrolysis, thermodynamics
Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological and economic terms, with…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: fire management, fire regimes, forest management, fire use, forest regeneration, habitat, soil processes, air quality, catastrophic fires, combustion, coniferous forests, erosion, fire adaptations, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire scar analysis, fire suppression, fuel breaks, fuel management, O - oxygen, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, post-fire recovery, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus garryana, riparian habitats, Sequoia sempervirens, soil nutrients, soils, wildfires
To burn or not to burn? That is the question--or is it? If we have forests, we'll have fuels. If we do not control the buildup of fuels one way or the other, we'll have fires and many of them will be bad. We'll have them as a result of either man's action or nature's lightning.…
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Year: 1973
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, coastal plain, combustion, crown scorch, disturbance, environmental impact analysis, fire control, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire protection, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel types, gases, hardwoods, hydrocarbons, light burning, lightning, low intensity burns, mortality, multiple resource management, national forests, particulates, pine forests, plant growth, pollution, sedimentation, seedlings, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, South Carolina, sprouting, understory vegetation, wildfires
The National Weather Service Fire Weather Program provides weather forecasting and meteorological support services to state and federal wildland fire management agencies. An Intergovernmental Fire Weather User's Summit, sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, education, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire exclusion, fire management, fire suppression, land management, smoke management, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
When prescribed burning is conducted at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), the smoke that is produced can sometimes inconvenience people, but it can also cause more serious health and safety problems. The public is unlikely to continue to tolerate the use of…
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Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire management, smoke management, smoke screening