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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Wildland fires"”.
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Statistical modeling of rare stochastic disturbance events at continental and global scales: post-fire debris flows and wildland fires
… stochastic precipitation and, in some areas, wildfires. In order to facilitate hazard assessment, we have gathered available records of debris flow volumes into the first comprehensive global catalog of debris flows (n = 988). We also present results of field collection of recent debris flows (n = …
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Statistical modeling of rare stochastic disturbance events at continental and global scales: post-fire debris flows and wildland fires
… stochastic precipitation and, in some areas, wildfires. In order to facilitate hazard assessment, we have gathered available records of debris flow volumes into the first comprehensive global catalog of debris flows (n = 988). We also present results of field collection of recent debris flows (n = …
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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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The Effects of Wildland Fire on a Community: A Study of Bell County, Kentucky
… likelihood that an individual will suffer from a wildland fire. There has been little research produced strictly looking at the human dimensions of wildland fire, especially in southern rural communities (Machlis, Kaplan, Tuler, Bagby, and McKendry 2002). Using two of Kumagai, Carrol, and Cohan's …
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Characterizing Boreal Forest Fire Disturbance Boundaries Through Space And Time In Ontario
… resources but is increasingly threatened by wildland fires, which are becoming more frequent and affecting larger areas due to climate change. In response, this thesis compares wildland fire boundaries derived from vegetation index slopes with those provided by BorealDB a newly developed …
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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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A Survey of Drought Impacts and Mitigation Planning in Kentucky
… impacts on recreation and tourism, the number of fires and wildland fires, plant and animal species, and small businesses. It was found that droughts that have affected Kentucky have originated in all directions and have spread northward, southward, eastward, and westward into Kentucky. The …
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A Study Of Intermittent Convective Heating Effects On Fine Fuel Ignition
… heating on the ignition of fine fuels during wildland fire spread. In this study, a novel pulsed-gas line burner similar to a Rubens' tube, driven by acoustic oscillations, is used to re-create the pulsations observed in wildland fires in a controlled environment. After acoustically …
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'Burning Issues': Incarcerated Firefighting Programs in the U.S.
… the U.S. that use incarcerated people to fight wildland fires: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. This thesis outlines the broad adoption and ad-hoc nature of these …
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Determining Public Perceptions toward Wildland Fire in the Veluwe Region of the Netherlands
… has been facing a growing threat of wildfires due to warmer</p> <p>and drier weather patterns. The purpose of this study 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 …
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Fire-Derived Charcoal Along an Ecological Gradient in the Colorado Front Range
… are shaped by natural disturbances such as wildland fire. In the intermountain western United States, forests, shrub and grasslands adapt to repeated fires. An important long-term legacy of wildland fires is black C (BC) commonly referred to as char or charcoal. Black C is a recalcitrant C …
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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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Fluid dynamics of boundary layer combustion
… streaks, which are consistently observed in wildland fires, at the base of pool fires, and in other heated flows within a boundary layer. The following study examines both the origin of these structures and their role in influencing some of the macroscopic properties of the flow. Streaks were …
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Advancing Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Simulation: Fuel Representation and Fire Spotting
Wildland fires can lead to substantial ecological, social, and economical losses as well as health burdens due to smoke produced from biomass burning. Accurate wildland fire simulation is an essential capability in predicting and managing these losses, benefiting both pre-fire risk mitigation and …
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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 …