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Stowell, Yang, Fu, Scovronick, Strickland, Liu
Climate change and human activities have drastically altered the natural wildfire balance in the Western US and increased population health risks due to exposure to pollutants from fire smoke. Using dynamically downscaled climate model projections,…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
McClain, Ruffner, Ebinger, Spyreas
We conducted literature searches of records from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin to create a source bibliography of wildland fire descriptions occurring between 1673 and 1905. A total of 795 landscape…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Kuhn-Régnier, Voulgarakis, Nowack, Forkel, Prentice, Harrison
The seasonal and longer-term dynamics of fuel accumulation affect fire seasonality and the occurrence of extreme wildfires. Failure to account for their influence may help to explain why state-of-the-art fire models do not simulate the length and…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Li, Tong, Ma, Zhang, Kundragunta, Li, Saylor
The western United States experienced a record-breaking wildfire season in 2020. This study quantifies the contribution of wildfire emissions to the exceedances of health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particles (PM2.5…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Zhong, Wang, Sciusco, Shen, Pei, Nikolic, McKeehan, Kashongwe, Hatami-Bahman-Beiglou, Camacho, Akanga, Charney, Bian
The increase in wildfire risk in the United States in recent decades has been linked to rapid growth of the wildland-urban interface and to changing climate. While there have been numerous studies on wildfires and climate change, few have separately…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Ager, Evers, Day, Alcasena, Houtman
Recent fire seasons brought a new fire reality to the western US, and motivated federal agencies to explore scenarios for augmenting current fuel management and forest restoration in areas where fires might threaten critical resources and developed…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Sorensen, House, O'Dell, Brey, Ford, Pierce, Fischer, Lemery, Crooks
Wildfire smoke is a growing public health concern in the United States. Numerous studies have documented associations between ambient smoke exposure and severe patient outcomes for single fire seasons or limited geographic regions. However, there…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Steelman
The wildland fire challenge is vexing in part due to its complexity. Involving a socio-ecological mix of people, weather, climate, landscapes and vegetation, among other factors, it will not be solved overnight. Policy has been clear for…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Cullen, Axe, Podschwit
National and regional preparedness level (PL) designations support decisions about wildfire risk management. Such decisions occur across the fire season and influence pre-positioning of resources in areas of greatest fire potential, recall of…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Greiner, Schultz, Kooistra
US fire scientists are developing Potential Wildfire Operational Delineations, also known as ‘PODs’, as a pre-fire season planning tool to promote safe and effective wildland fire response, strengthen risk management approaches in fire management…
Year: 2021
Type: Document