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Platoon leaders in the fire services are responsible not only for firefighting and rescue operations but also for a wide range of administrative and managerial duties (for example, personnel supervision). However, existing competency models and…
Author(s): Linus Fischer, Stefan Röseler, Johanna Bunk-Werner, Meinald T. Thielsch
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Fire is a key driver of ecosystem dynamics under global change, and understanding its complex relationship with the climate system is crucial for regional wildfire risk management and the development of ecological adaptation strategies. The western…
Author(s): Maowei Bai, Hao Zhang, Lamei Shi
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Landscape fires are a major source of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric constituents. Most global inventories of landscape fire emissions have converged at around 2 petagram of carbon (Pg C) y−1 since satellite information on burned areas…
Author(s): Guido R. Van der Werf, James T. Randerson, Dave van Wees, Yang Chen, Louis Giglio, Joanne Hall, Roland Vernooij, Mingquan Mu, Samiha Binte Shahid, Kelley C. Barsanti, Robert J. Yokelson, Douglas C. Morton
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The “Long-term ecological effects of forest fuel and restoration treatments” Special Feature focuses on the status of the national Fire and Fire Surrogates study (FFS) after twenty years of research. The FFS study was initially proposed in response…
Author(s): Carl N. Skinner, Scott L. Stephens
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Wild and intentionally ignited fires are not new to North American landscapes or to the Indigenous cultures whose ancestral places encompass them. For millennia, Indigenous fire stewardship has been regionally and locally distributed across North…
Author(s): Don L. Hankins, Sarah M. Bisbing, Amy Cardinal Christianson, Sara Clark, Cody Desautel, Christine Eriksen, Peter Z. Fule, Paul F. Hessburg, Conner Magee, Scott L. Stephens, Camille Stevens-Rumann, John Waconda
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Abstract Background United States wilderness areas face increasing challenges from altered fire regimes and climate change, and land managers face ever more complex decisions about fire use. While federal policies permit various fire management…
Author(s): Alyssa Worsham, Melanie Armstrong, Jonathan D. Coop, Dagny Signorelli
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The International Association of Wildland Fire has committed to promoting health and wellbeing for wildland fire practitioners, their families and support communities. The IAWF board has approved a position paper titled IAWF Position Statement:…
Author(s): Rich McCrea
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Have you ever found yourself on the fireline, feeling overwhelmed? Or maybe you felt fully in control, hyped up with adrenaline. Your body and brain may not have been in alignment, but you charged on. Perhaps you’ve felt angry, or as if you wanted…
Author(s): Bequi Livingston
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Rangeland fires can quickly change the structure of wildlife habitat and cause changes that persist for years to decades. To facilitate habitat recovery, postfire restoration actions often involve sowing seeds of native and nonnative perennial…
Author(s): Savannah L. Bartel, Robert S. Arkle, David S. Pilliod
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Wildfires heighten the risks of ecosystem degradation and increase carbon emissions, significantly impacting ecological stability and climate change. However, changes in extreme wildfire regimes and their consequential impact on carbon emissions and…
Author(s): Xiaman He, Jianqi Sun, Shui Yu, Mengqi Zhang
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Post-disaster support is critical for responders’ well-being who navigate the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of crisis intervention. The January 2025 Eaton Fire destroyed structures and disproportionately impacted Black and Latino…
Author(s): Adrienne Martinez-Hollingsworth, Namrata Shivaprakash, Elizabeth Kohout, Maximus Balliett, Fernando Fierro, Sandra Camberos, Joumana Rechdan, Angela Hughes, Laura Shouse, Zurisada Inzunza, Monika Scherer, Natasha Milatovich, Efrain Talamantes
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Wildfires are a source of air pollution, which impacts air quality in proximity to and at great distances from fires. Wildfire smoke exposure is seasonal and episodic, with exposure levels and durations that can vary considerably. Exposure to…
Author(s): Carlyn J. Matz, Melissa E. MacDonald, Morgan Mitchell, Celine Audette
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Restoring a low-intensity, frequent-fire regime in fire-prone forests offers a promising natural climate solution. Management interventions that include prescribed fire and/or mechanical treatments have effectively reduced fire hazards in the…
Author(s): Yihong Zhu, Daniel E. Foster, Brandon M. Collins, Scott L. Stephens, Robert A. York, Aerial T. Roughton, Emily E. Y. Moghaddas, John E. Sanders, John J. Battles
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Highlights • DAP and lidar were evaluated for modeling fire effects. • DAP augmented with Sentinel-2 approached the performance of lidar. • Lidar and DAP heights exhibit weaker correlations as lidar cover decreases. • DAP struggled in high…
Author(s): Bryce Frank, Jacob L. Strunk, Jeremy S. Fried, Karin Wolken, Sean C. McKenzie
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Understanding where animals graze and why they choose to graze there can be critical to rangeland and ecosystem management with misunderstandings of grazing distribution and behavior often being detrimental to management goals. Over time, grazing…
Author(s): Esben L. Kjaer, Ryan Limb, Michael Hamel, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Jason P. Harmon, Torre J. Hovick, Kevin K. Sedivec
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Global fire regime change is threatening terrestrial biodiversity. Understanding how these changes affect biota is essential to protect biodiversity now and into the future. A targeted examination of the mechanisms through which fire influences…
Author(s): Ella S. Plumanns-Pouton, Julianna L. Santos, Cristina Aponte, Lluis Brotons, Luke T. Kelly, Stephen C. Mason Jr., Kirsten Parris, Lauren C. Ponisio, David A. Keith
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An overview, including background motivation for the event and plans for future events, of the 2025 Fire and Fuels Monitoring Workshop hosted by NW Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), US Forest Service (USFS) PNW region, Northern Rockies Fire Science…
Author(s): Autumn Ellison, Monique D. Wynecoop, Darcy H. Hammond
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Background: Drought, human disturbance, and invasive species are reshaping disturbance regimes and increasing the scale, severity, and frequency of wildfire in many ecosystems around the globe, including the sagebrush steppe of western North America…
Author(s): Bryan S. Stevens, Courtney J. Conway, Shane B. Roberts, Devin K. Englestead
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Forest managers are faced with escalating size, severity, and cost of wildfires. To mitigate this, U.S. federal land management agencies are increasing forest treatments such as mechanical thinning and prescribed fire. While there is a growing body…
Author(s): Camille Stevens-Rumann, S. Mueller, K. Newton, H.M. Van Dusen
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This paper numerically investigates the effects of ambient wind and sloped terrains on the behavior of moving fire whirls using Fire Dynamics Simulator (6.7.6). Five configurations were designed, including small- and large-scale L-shaped fire…
Author(s): Mengyi Wang, Jiao Lei
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