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The Perfect Firestorm: Bringing Forest Service Wildfire Costs under Control [PDF]

, 2007
Blessed and cursed by a Congress that gives it a virtual if not literal blank check for fire protection, the Forest Service's fire spending is out of control.
Randal O'Toole
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Fire management may hinder biodiversity

California Agriculture, 1996
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R Meadows
doaj  

The dynamics of bicycles for disaster recovery and relief

Scientific Reports
Micromobility offers a potential pathway to strengthen urban disaster resilience by enabling the distribution of emergency supplies when infrastructure or transportation networks are compromised.
Qianli Qiu, Chen Chen, Katherine Idziorek, Stephen D. Wong   +3 more
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Research on Power Efficiency of DC Microgrids Considering Fire Protection Systems

Energies
Due to the development of power semiconductors and the increase in digital loads, DC microgrids are receiving attention, and their application scope is rapidly expanding.
Ju-Ho Park, Sang-Yong Park
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Cluster-Based Relocation of Stations for Efficient Forest Fire Management in the Province of Valencia (Spain). [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2021
de Domingo M, Ortigosa N, Sevilla J, Roger S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How changing fire management policies affect fire seasonality and livelihoods. [PDF]

Ambio, 2021
Humphrey GJ, Gillson L, Ziervogel G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Fuel Removal on the Flammability of Surface Fuels in Betula platyphylla in the Wildland–Urban Interface

Fire
This paper aimed to provide technical support for fuel management by exploring different strengths of fuel removal on the physical and chemical properties and flammability of Betula platyphylla forests in the wildland–urban interface. After investigating
Xintong Chen, Mingyu Wang, Baozhong Li, Lixuan Wang, Jibin Ning, Guang Yang, Hongzhou Yu   +6 more
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Preparation of a novel aqueous vermiculite dispersion fire extinguishing agent to inhibit lithium-ion battery fires

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
A novel modified aqueous vermiculite dispersion (MVD) extinguishing agent for lithium-ion battery (LIB) fires was developed by dispersing a modified vermiculite (VMT) composite powder in an aqueous solution. To provide the desired MgAl-LDH/VMT composite,
Yuwei Wang, Tao Chen, Yi Li, Guoyang Qin, Peng Zhang, Xin Liu   +5 more
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Modeling emergency management data by UML as an extension of geographic data sharing model: AST approach [PDF]

, 2009
Applying GIS functionality provides a powerful decision support in various application areas and the basis to integrate policies directed to citizens, business, and governments.
Aydinoglu, Arif Cagdas, Dilo, Arta, Quak, Wilko, Yomralioglu, Tashin   +3 more
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Impact of different forest types on soil microbial biomass and microbial entropy in the karst region of southwestern China

Frontiers in Plant Science
Soil microbial biomass and microbial entropy are used as important indicators of soil quality. However, the effects of forest-stand types remain poorly understood. This study focused on three stands of Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis (CJ), Liquidambar
Yan Wu, Yan Wu, Xiaoli Zhong, Xun Liu, Xun Liu, Bo Ding, Bo Ding, Yunlin Zhang, Yunlin Zhang   +8 more
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