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Understanding drivers of fire risk with people experiencing homelessness
BurnsFire hazards affecting people who are unhoused span natural and built environments, social circumstances, and human behavior. Identifying key drivers of fire risk and burn injury can inform injury prevention and control initiatives. We conducted 12 key informant interviews with burn patients who were unhoused.
Caitlin M. Orton +6 more
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What are the drivers of dangerous fires in Mediterranean France?
International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2018Wildfire containment is often very challenging for firefighters, especially for large and rapidly spreading fires where the risk of firefighter entrapment is high. However, the conditions leading to these ‘dangerous’ fires are poorly understood in Mediterranean Europe.
Lahaye, S. +5 more
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The drivers of the 2023 Greece exceptional fire season
The fire season of 2023 was particularly devastating for Greece, with an estimated of around 175 000 ha, the second worst year since 1980 following the all-time record of 2007. More than 80 wildfires occurred in July over Attica region, Corfu, Evia and Rhodes islands, being responsible for 28 casualties and 75 injuries. The season was remarkably severeCélia M. Gouveia +3 more
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Causal Analysis of Fire Regime Drivers in California
International Journal of Wildland FireBackground.Understanding the relative contribution of climate and human factors on wildfires is critical for managing risk across California’s diverse ecosystems. Aims. We propose a model that distinguishes between proximal and ultimate drivers of fire regimes and apply it to a century of fire and climate data to assess regional variation in causal ...
Jon Keeley, Alexandra Syphard
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Anthropogenic drivers of fire occurence in the Eastern Adriatic
2016Fires are a global issue whose consequences on soil degradation, human population and vegetation are increasing in importance. The largest number of fires in the world occurs on forest and agricultural vegetation with African savannas, North American coniferous forest and the Mediterranean being the areas with the highest fire-risk in the world.Forest ...
Cvitanović, Marin +2 more
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Status and Drivers of Forest Fires in Myanmar
2023Sumalika Biswas, Krishna Prasad Vadrevu
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The real drivers of the ML revolution in fire forecasting
Recent advancements in machine learning (ML) have significantly broadened its applications, including the potential to transition from forecasting fire weather to predicting actual fire activity. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of this transition using an operational forecasting system.Francesca Di Giuseppe +3 more
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Fire and whitebark pine recovery strategies: drivers of post-fire natural regeneration
2018Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelmann), a tree species of high elevation forests in western North America, is listed as an endangered species in Canada. Prescribed burns have been employed by conservation agencies as a recovery strategy to create open habitats free of competition and to increase regeneration opportunities.
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Fire regime dynamics in mainland Spain. Part 1: Drivers of change
Science of the Total Environment, 2020Marcos Rodrigues +2 more
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Analysis of Forest Fire Dynamics, Distribution and Main Drivers in the Atlantic Forest
Sustainability, 2022Minerva Singh
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