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Prescribed fire is an important tool for management of many ecosystems, but often there is a gap between how much managers would like to see fire used and how often it actually is. In this piece, the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network explores…
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Ensuring proper sizing and fit for U.S. female firefighters’ personal protective clothing and equipment (PPE) is a crucial challenge for researchers and manufacturers. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) establishes design and…
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Anthropogenic subsidies and disturbance can benefit generalist avian species by providing additional food, nesting, and perching resources. In the sagebrush biome, anthropogenic subsidies have led to increases in the number of common ravens (Corvus…
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Aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests are generally thought to impede fire spread, yet the extent of this effect is not well quantified in relation to other vegetation types. We examined the influence of aspen cover on interpolated daily fire spread…
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Increased fire activity in the western United States since 2000 has produced an abundance of fire-injured trees at risk to lethal attack by bark beetles. Large populations of bark beetles reproducing in fire-injured trees may disperse (or spillover…
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Wildfires in the western US increasingly threaten infrastructure, air quality, and public health. Prescribed (“Rx”) fire is often proposed to mitigate future wildfires, but treatments remain limited, and few studies quantify their effectiveness on…
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Firebrands or embers are a crucial phenomenon in wildfire behaviour. Firebrands – small, burning or smouldering pieces of wood or other flammable materials – can be carried by wind considerable distances, leading to ignition of new fires ahead of…
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Research brief published by the California Fire Science Consortium, based on Boerigter, C.E., Parks, S.A., Long, J.W. et al. Untrammeling the wilderness: restoring natural conditions through the return of human-ignited fire. fire ecol 20, 76 (2024…
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Rapid increases in wildfire area burned across North American forests pose novel challenges for managers and society. Increasing area burned raises questions about whether, and to what degree, contemporary fire regimes (1984–2022) are still departed…
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The increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in hard-to-reach and hazardous areas represents a significant challenge for traditional firefighting methods. Wildfires pose a growing threat to the environment, property, and human lives. In many…
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Background: Prescribed burning is an important fuel management tool to prevent severe wildfires. There is a pressing need to increase its application to reduce dry fuels in the western United States, a region that has experienced many damaging…
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Background: Severe fire weather is becoming more common throughout the western United States. Changing conditions demand a better understanding of how prescribed fire treatments perform under extreme burning conditions, including the interactive…
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Workforce development and the education of the next generation of fire and fuels professionals is a key component of successful future management. For some people, student fire associations have played a key role in their professional development.…
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Fuel moisture content is a key driver of fuel flammability and subsequent fire activity and behavior worldwide. Dead fuels passively exchange moisture with the atmosphere while live fuel moisture is confounded by a mixture of seasonal…
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Following high-severity wildfires in conifer forests that rely on wind dispersal for regeneration, reforestation practices are used to hasten the development of large, fire-resistant trees that are better able to persist through the next…
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This study aimed to develop the Five Cognitive Biases in Risk-Taking Scale (5 CBR-S) to measure five cognitive biases associated with risk-taking: overconfidence, illusion of control, belief in the law of small numbers, escalation of commitment, and…
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Forest ecology focuses on the structure, functions, and ecosystem services of forests, which is crucial for understanding the impacts of forest fires on these systems. Forest fires not only have a negative impact on forests but also threaten their…
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Altered fire regimes are a global challenge, increasingly exacerbated by climate change, which modifies fire weather and prolongs fire seasons. These changing conditions heighten the vulnerability of ecosystems and human populations to the impacts…
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Forest ecosystems function as the largest terrestrial carbon sink globally. In the Western US, fires play a crucial role in modifying forest carbon storage, sequestration capacity, and the transfer of carbon from live to dead carbon pools…
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This study investigates the effectiveness of immersive audiovisual simulations in eliciting emotional responses and replicating the psychological and cognitive demands of high-risk operational environments, particularly in firefighting scenarios.…
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