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Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety
… has been investigating the job demands of wildland firefighters. This document is a combination of three research projects with a connection of health and safety of wildland firefighters.</p> <p>Smokejumpers are unique because they parachute into remote fires and are used primarily as …
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Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety
… has been investigating the job demands of wildland firefighters. This document is a combination of three research projects with a connection of health and safety of wildland firefighters.</p> <p>Smokejumpers are unique because they parachute into remote fires and are used primarily as …
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Evaluation of Wildland Firefighter Leadership
… of how crisis leaders and followers, such as wildland firefighters make decisions in high-stress environments. In this study, wildland firefighters were examined to assess their decision-making skills using a wildland fire simulation computer game called the Networked Fire Chief (NFC). These …
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Hydration Delivery Systems for Wildland Firefighters
… for both physical and cognitive function. Wildland firefighters (WLFF) experience long arduous work shifts under extreme environmental conditions. Previous studies by our lab have demonstrated that maintenance of euhydration during fire suppression can be difficult. Purpose: The purpose of …
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Hydration Delivery Systems for Wildland Firefighters
… for both physical and cognitive function. Wildland firefighters (WLFF) experience long arduous work shifts under extreme environmental conditions. Previous studies by our lab have demonstrated that maintenance of euhydration during fire suppression can be difficult. Purpose: The purpose of …
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Visualising convective heat transfer in a propagating wildland fire
… change and increasing human activity into wildland areas. Accurate prediction of fire behaviour is essential for mitigation strategies and emergency response. While radiative heat transfer has traditionally been emphasized in bushfire modelling, recent studies reveal the significant role of …
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Wildfire Messages and Meanings in the Wildland-Urban Interface
… when it reaches our nation's ever-increasing wildland-urban interface (WUI) area. To address this issue, state and federal agencies and cooperative education programs have begun to promote homeowner responsibility and wildfire vulnerability minimization practices as a means for WUI residents …
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Effects of Moisture on Combustion of Live Wildland Forest Fuels
<p>Current operational wildland fire models are based on numerous correlations from experiments performed on dry (dead) fuel beds. However, experience has shown distinct differences in burning behaviors between dry and moist (live) fuels. To better understand these fundamental differences, an …
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Three-dimensional wildland fuel mapping with remote sensing and machine learning
The 21st century has seen a global increase in fire size and severity, including the western United States. Historically loaded forests, changing precipitation patterns, and lengthening fire seasons place a significant strain on land management and firefighting capacity. Fire behavior is a fine …
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Examining the effectiveness of online wildland firefighting education for structural firefighters
… throughout the United States often respond to wildland fires in the Wildland/Urban Interface, the National Fire Academy developed an online educational curriculum to train structural firefighters in the basics of wildland fire fighting tactics. This training has been available for 18 months and …
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Development of Tools for Conceptual Design of a Wildland Firefighting UAV
… uses of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in wildland firefighting center around mapping, scouting, and firing operations. These operations and additional operations are often held back by lack of range and lift capacity of current UAV options. Software design tools were developed in this …
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A geospatial tool for assessing potential wildland fire risk in central Texas.
Wildland fires in the United States are not always confined to wilderness areas. The growth of population centers and housing developments in wilderness areas has blurred the boundaries between rural and urban. This merger of human development and natural landscape is known in the wildland fire …
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A Comparative Case Study of Organizational Learning in the Wildland Fire Community
… firefighter safety the United States federal wildland fire organization has sought to improve its organizational learning practice. The organization has developed several structures and processes to assist with this goal. Unfortunately, there are indications the efforts are not providing the …
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Determining Public Perceptions toward Wildland Fire in the Veluwe Region of the Netherlands
… was to identify public</p> <p>perceptions toward wildland fire in the forested Veluwe region of the country. The</p> <p>Dutch have little experience with wildland fires or fire as a management tool. In a</p> <p>collaborative effort between Stephen F. Austin State University and the Instituut</p> …
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Private Property Owner Regard of Hazard Fuel Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface
… and the protection of property from a future wildland fire. These incentives included enhancing the aesthetic appearance to a property and dealing with general hazards from a mountain pine beetle infestation. In relation to hazard fuel mitigation, property owners spoke about values that …
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