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Background: Managing landscape fire is a complex challenge because it is simultaneously necessary for, and increasingly poses a risk to, societies and ecosystems worldwide. This challenge underscores the need for transformative change in the way…
Author(s): Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, Ira J. Sutherland, Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Jennifer N. Baron, Pablo Gonzalez-Moctezuma, Morgan A. Crowley, Katherine A. Kitchens, Tahia Devisscher, Judith Burr
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Following the destructive Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, our team has modeled the wind and fire spread processes to understand the drivers of this devastating event. The results are in good agreement with observations recorded during the event. Extreme…
Author(s): Timothy W. Juliano, Fernando Szasdi-Bardales, Neil P. Lareau, Kasra Shamsaei, Branko Kosović, Negar Elhami-Khorasani, Eric P. James, Hamed Ebrahimian
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Background Prescribed fire is a critical tool for building resilience to changing fire regimes. Policymakers can accelerate the development of effective, adaptation-oriented fire governance by learning from other jurisdictions. Aims We analyse…
Author(s): Phillipa C. McCormack, Rebecca K. Miller, Jan McDonald
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Wildland fire incident commanders make wildfire response decisions within an increasingly complex socio-environmental context. Threats to human safety and property, along with public pressures and agency cultures, often lead commanders to emphasize…
Author(s): Molly C. Daniels, Kristin H. Braziunas, Monica G. Turner, Ting-Fung Ma, Karen C. Short, Adena R. Rissman
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Wildfire risk is increasing all over the world, particularly in the western United States and the communities in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas are at the greatest risk of fire. Understanding the driving behavior of individuals to evacuate…
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Background Fifty years after its initial publication, Rothermel’s model continues to underpin many operational fire modelling tools. Past authors have, however, suggested a possible oversensitivity of the Rothermel model to fuel depth in certain…
Author(s): Zakary Campbell-Lochrie, Michael R. Gallagher, Nick Skowronski, Rory Hadden
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This paper presents a unique 15-year dataset of Incident Management Situation Reports (IMSR), which document daily wildland fire situations across ten geographical regions in the United States. The IMSR dataset includes summaries for each reported…
Author(s): Dung Tuan Nguyen, Erin J. Belval, Yu Wei, Karen C. Short, David E. Calkin
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Fire whirls cause strong wind damage in large outdoor fires such as wildland fires and urban fires. A model to predict the maximum tangential wind velocity in laboratory-scale fire whirls without flames in a crosswind is developed based on a…
Author(s): Masahiko Shinohara
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Background Fire whirls are often reported to occur in wildland fires and can induce serious difficulties in firefighting by abruptly modifying fire behaviour, exposing firefighters and even causing casualties. Aims The aim of this study was to…
Author(s): Kuibin Zhou, Yifan Wang, Albert Simeoni, Ruixing Dong
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Public agencies and organizations often deliver financial assistance through cost sharing, in which recipients contribute some portion toward total costs. However, cost sharing might raise equity concerns if it reduces participation among…
Author(s): James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, Colleen Donovan
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n the Western US, area burned and fire size have increased due to the influences of climate change, long-term fire suppression leading to higher fuel loads, and increased ignitions. However, evidence is less conclusive about increases in fire…
Author(s): Rutherford Vance Platt, Teresa B. Chapman, Jennifer Balch
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Background: The decision making process undertaken during wildfire responses is complex and prone to uncertainty. In the US, decisions federal land managers make are influenced by numerous and often competing factors. Aims: To assess and validate…
Author(s): Stephen D. Fillmore, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Rachel Bean, Alexander M. Evans, Jose M. Iniguez, Andrea E. Thode, Alistair M. S. Smith, Matthew P. Thompson
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With climate change and the ever-drier climate, the issue of wildfires is becoming increasingly prominent, generating growing interest in the study of wildfires. The majority of the ongoing research is focused on surface wildland fuels with…
Author(s): Nikola Misic, Milan Protic, Artemi Cerda, Miomir Raos, Milan Blagojević
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Fuel and restoration treatments seeking to mitigate the likelihood of uncharacteristic high-severity wildfires in forests with historically frequent, low-severity fire regimes are increasingly common, but long-term treatment effects on fuels,…
Author(s): Sharon M. Hood, Justin S. Crotteau, Cory Cleveland
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One of the primary tools used for determining the origin of a wildfire is analyzing burn patterns formed during the fire progression. These patterns, called fire pattern indicators, are interpreted and used to document the direction of fire movement…
Author(s): Keith Parker, Vytenis Babrauskas
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Background Fireline intensity (If) quantifies the power of the fireline and is used for various purposes. If and flame length (Lf) are relatable to each other using an empirical power function, which has been considered fuel-specific. Aims The aim…
Author(s): Carlos G. Rossa, David A. Davim, Angelo Sil, Paulo M. Fernandes
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Firebrand ignition of wildland fuels is an important pathway of initiation and propagation of wildland and wildland-urban interface fires. The ambient wind plays an important role in smouldering ignition of wildland fuels by firebrands, but its…
Author(s): Wei Fang, Jiuling Yang, Hiaxiang Chen, Linhe Zhang, Pengcheng Guo, Yukui Yuan
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Background: Wildland firefighters have physically and psychologically demanding jobs that can result in social, economic and health-related stress. Previous studies have examined the physiological and physical effects of a career in wildland fire,…
Author(s): Rachel M. Granberg, Ting Shen, Seth W. Pearson, Robin M. Verble
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In wildland–urban interface areas, firefighters balance wildfire suppression and structure protection. These tasks are often performed under resource limitations, especially when many structures are at risk. To address this problem, wildland…
Author(s): Alexander Joseph Heeren, Philip E. Dennison, Michael J. Campbell, Matthew P. Thompson
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Standing dead tree stems (snags) become abundant following disturbances like bark beetle outbreaks and stand-replacing fire. Snags are an important element of wildlife habitat, and when they eventually fall can injure or damage people and…
Author(s): Nathan G. Kiel, William H. Romme, Monica G. Turner
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