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Synthesis of Wildfire Crisis Strategy Roundtables 2022: Overarching themes and opportunities for action
To collect partner and employee input on the Wildfire Crisis Strategy 10-year Implementation Plan, the Forest Service and National Forest Foundation hosted a series of roundtable discussions in the winter and spring of 2022. Individual roundtables…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
Wildfires in America are becoming larger, more frequent, and more destructive, driven by climate change and existing land management practices. Many of these fires occur at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), areas where development and wildland…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Bibliometric analysis of fires on wildland-urban interfaces
Zong, Tian
Most wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas in the world will face severe wildfire risks due to climate warming and rapid urbanization. Mitigating the damage caused by WUI fires has become a worthy topic for fire researchers and managers. In recent…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Fires that matter: reconceptualizing fire risk to include interactions between humans and the natural environment
Iglesias, Stavros, Balch, Barrett, Cobian-Iñiguez, Hester, Kolden, Leyk, Nagy, Reid, Wiedinmyer, Woolner
Increasing fire impacts across North America are associated with climate and vegetation change, greater exposure through development expansion, and less-well studied but salient social vulnerabilities. We are at a critical moment in the contemporary…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Wildland urban interface: a look at issues and resolutions
Wildfires are among the worst natural and man-made disasters currently facing our nation. The damage a wildfire causes is multifaceted as it affects multiple areas of civilization and the safety and health of responding firefighters. Today, factors…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Conceptualizing a probabilistic risk and loss assessment framework for wildfires
Elhami-Khorasani, Ebrahimian, Buja, Cutter, Kosović, Lareau, Meacham, Rowell, Taciroglu, Thompson, Watts
Wildfires are an essential part of a healthy ecosystem, yet the expansion of the wildland-urban interface, combined with climatic changes and other anthropogenic activities, have led to the rise of wildfire hazards in the past few decades. Managing…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Flocking to fire: how climate and natural hazards shape human migration across the United States
Clark, Nkonya, Galford
As global climate change progresses, the United States (US) is expected to experience warmer temperatures as well as more frequent and severe extreme weather events, including heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires. Each year, these events cost…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Can prescribed fires mitigate health harm? A review of air quality and public health implications of wildfire and prescribed fire
Hill, Jaeger, Smith
[From the Report Summary] Background: The American Lung Association commissioned a report, written by PSE Healthy Energy, to answer the question: What does the current research say about the potential of prescribed fire to mitigate the increasing…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

Beyond a focus on fuel reduction in the WUI: the need for regional wildfire mitigation to address multiple risks
Moritz, Hazard, Johnston, Mayes, Mowery, Oran, Parkinson, Schmidt, Wesolowski
There are thousands of communities and millions of homes in fire-prone wildland–urban interface (WUI) environments. Although future developments may be sited and designed to be more survivable and resistant to losses, an over-arching strategy is…
Year: 2022
Type: Document

A protection for LPG domestic cylinders at wildland-urban interface fire
Barbosa, Reis, Raposo, Viegas
Wildland fires are frequent events worldwide, particularly in the European-Mediterranean region, USA, and Australia. These fires have been more frequent and intense in recent years due to climate changes and may cause significant damage, especially…
Year: 2022
Type: Document