Sentences with phrase «in wildland fires»

(S. Ferguson, A. R. Dahale; B. Shotorban; S. Mahalingam; D. R. Weise, «The role of moisture on combustion of pyrolysis gases in wildland fires,» Combustion Science and Technology, 185: 435 - 453, 2013; and Yashwanth, B.L.; S. Ferguson; B. Shotorban; S. Mahalingam; D. R. Weise, «Numerical investigation of influence of moisture content on thermal behavior of heated wood,» Paper 070FR - 0208, presented at the 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19 - 22, 2013)

Currently under study is the effect of shrubs as undergrowth in wildland fires, and how proximity and wind can influence their combustion characteristics.

IM a native american My work is in wildland fire My hobbies are anything athletic and I enjoy music.

Not exact matches

But wildland fires are increasingly destructive and costly in terms of lives and property, requiring substantial investments in wildfire suppression.

The Southwest and Southern states, as well as Alaska and Hawaii, will have «above - normal significant wildland fire potential,» with the risk starting as early as this month in some places, according to a wildfire outlook issued May 1 by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idfire potential,» with the risk starting as early as this month in some places, according to a wildfire outlook issued May 1 by the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, IdFire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.

These future projections of permafrost distribution, however, did not include other possible future disturbances in the future, such as wildland fires.

Another Forest Service document notes: «Most wildland - urban interface fire problems are in ponderosa forests because these forests are so widespread, so pleasant to live in, and so extremely fire dependent.»

The mixture of houses, flashy fuels, and brush fields in full view of a large metropolitan area adds significantly to the challenges and complexity of even the smallest wildland fire.»

The Forest Service calls its border with Tucson the wildland - urban interface, and in practice no fire is allowed to get near it because of the roads and homes there.

Wildland fire use, in the terminology of the Forest Service, means not doing anything to put out a fire.

In May, the agency issued a release saying that it anticipated another «active fire year, as above normal wildland fire potential exists across the north central United States and above normal wildland fire potential will threaten many parts of the West this summer.»

A new study of Colorado's devastating 2012 Waldo Canyon wildfire demonstrates that prompt and effective action can significantly change the outcome of fires that occur in areas where residential communities and undeveloped wildlands meet.

Photo taken during the 2012 Waldo Canyon wildland urban interface (WUI) fire showing homes in a Colorado Springs, Colo., neighborhood that were ignited as a result of structure - to - structure fire spread, a distinguishing characteristic of WUI fires.

The study by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the most comprehensive examination in history of a wildland urban interface (WUI) fire.

The details of the NIST study are described in a report released today in Washington, D.C., during the Fire Chiefs White House Roundtable on Climate Change Impacts at the Wildland Urban Interface.

These are some the questions posed and partially answered in a study published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

In other words, there is a large role that wildland management can play in limiting the severity of wildfires in western U.S. forests even as the climate warms and conditions become right for larger and potentially more severe fireIn other words, there is a large role that wildland management can play in limiting the severity of wildfires in western U.S. forests even as the climate warms and conditions become right for larger and potentially more severe firein limiting the severity of wildfires in western U.S. forests even as the climate warms and conditions become right for larger and potentially more severe firein western U.S. forests even as the climate warms and conditions become right for larger and potentially more severe fires.

Wildland fire as a self - regulating mechanism: the role of previous burns and weather in limiting fire progression.

Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: seeing the forest and the trees — a cross-scale assessment of wildfire and carbon dynamics in fire - prone, forested ecosystems.

Recent climatic changes have mitigated wildland fire potential in some regions of Africa since 1979.

Fire Safety Evaluation: Visual evaluation, using Firewise standards as a guide in the urban wildland interface.

In addition to being a kayak guide, Matt is also an experienced firefighter and trained EMT — with advanced training in several fire and rescue disciplines, including Wildland FirefightinIn addition to being a kayak guide, Matt is also an experienced firefighter and trained EMT — with advanced training in several fire and rescue disciplines, including Wildland Firefightinin several fire and rescue disciplines, including Wildland Firefighting.

Extreme heat waves, droughts, more wildland fires, coastal flooding and erosion, and other forms of habitat destruction are among possible scenarios in the coming decades.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

A recent study in the International Journal of Wildland Fire closed in on the optimal strategy: «The role of defensible space for residential structure protection during wildfires.»

Beyond Climate Change: Wildland Fires and Human Security in Cultural Landscapes in Transition — Examples from Temporate - Boreal Eurasia.

Second, there are confounding factors such as climate change, the effects of past fire exclusion, and increasing development in the wildland - urban interface, which contribute to higher wildfire spending.

These include the spread of highly flammable invasive grasses in many areas, and fire fighting tactics, strategies and policies are also paying a role in many cases, especially in the [wildland - urban interface].

The list of areas of additional analysis included in the BLM is long, including — but not limited to: special status wildlife and vegetation species; cultural resources; geology and soils; hazards and hazardous materials; paleontological resources; recreation; socioeconomics and environmental justice; visual resources; and wildland fire ecology.

While the ecology of fire in the western U.S. has been studied extensively, there is a dearth of information about how humans, particularly those residing at the wildland - urban interface, influence and respond to wildfire, and how institutional barriers may hinder effective fire management.

«The warmer the Earth gets, the more fire we get, and the more fire we get, the more greenhouse gases we get,» says Mike Flannigan, director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonfire we get, and the more fire we get, the more greenhouse gases we get,» says Mike Flannigan, director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonfire we get, the more greenhouse gases we get,» says Mike Flannigan, director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta in EdmonFire Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Structures in the wildland - urban interface suffered immense damage during the Thomas Fire, especially in the city of Ventura, where the vast majority of buildings that burned were in that zone of transition between concrete and grass.

Researchers at the U.S. Forest Services Pacific Wildland Fire Lab looked at past fires in the West to create a statistical model of how future climate change may affect wildfires.

The proximity of homes to wilderness in the wildland - urban interface presents another significant risk: Humans, directly or indirectly, are responsible for starting 90 percent of fires in Southern California.

For example, wildland fire use has been an effective and inexpensive tool for maintaining forest resilience across large areas in remote forests and woodlands — the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico and Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona [62], [63]-- but has been used less frequently in forests near population centers and towns.

Completion of treatments in the first analysis area of the 4FRI project could have a multiplying effect on maintaining forest resilience if the thinning itself allows for increased use of wildland fire or prescribed fire over many more hectares.

The greatest fire management challenges lie in addressing simultaneously the threat to human well - being posed by fires, particularly at the wildland - urban interface; the uncertainties associated with various fire - related land - management practices, such as thinning and controlled burns; and the complicating factor of climate change.

The aftermath of these fires will likely also have officials rethinking which areas are at risk for wildfire and better strategies for living in the «wildland - urban interface» — areas adjacent to wildlands that are at risk of fire.

Wildland fire is the dominant ecological disturbance in boreal forests and also affects tundra environments.

Note: Wildland fires include all those fire incidents taking place in countryside or wilderness area.

So far in 2011 (mid-June 2011), the number of U.S. wildland fires indicate an annual total near the average for the last 10 years.

In the West, the populated fire zone is called the urban wildland interface, a clunky term to describe a vulnerable habitat for almost 40 percent of new homes built over the last two decades.

Implementation of National Fire Plan fuel treatments near the wildland - urban interface in the western U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

We've already seen increases in fire activity in Canada,» said Mike Flannigan, a University of Alberta wildland fire professor and Canadian Forest Service researcher.

To fund wildland fire prevention programs, including education, awareness, and mitigation programs that protect lives, property, and natural resources from fire in the wildland - urban interface.

US About Blog This blog is about aerial wildland firefighting, aircraft and the pilots, working with the aid of support operations, who fight wildland fires from the sky in support of fire crews on the ground.

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In 2016, the process will repeat with the codes that fall in «Group B,» which include the International Exiting Building code (IEBC), International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), International Fire Code (IFC), International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Swimming Pools / Spa Code (ISPSC), and the International Wildland - Urban Interface Code (IWUICIn 2016, the process will repeat with the codes that fall in «Group B,» which include the International Exiting Building code (IEBC), International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), International Fire Code (IFC), International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Swimming Pools / Spa Code (ISPSC), and the International Wildland - Urban Interface Code (IWUICin «Group B,» which include the International Exiting Building code (IEBC), International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), International Fire Code (IFC), International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Swimming Pools / Spa Code (ISPSC), and the International Wildland - Urban Interface Code (IWUIC).