Fire Service Policy Theory for Establishing Fire Science [PDF]
The Journal of the Korea Contents Association, 2010 In Korea, about 80 academic departments related to fire science are in operation throughout the country, but fire science is not included as a branch science in the science classification system acknowledged by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and its position as a science is not solid yet.
Sang-Il Ryu, Jae-Eun Lee
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Promoting Low-Risk Fire Regimes: An Agent-Based Model to Explore Wildfire Mitigation Policy Options
Fire, 2023 Landscape patterns and composition were identified as key drivers of fire risk and fire regimes. However, few studies have focused on effective policymaking aimed at encouraging landowners to diversify the landscape and make it more fire-resilient.
Paulo Flores Ribeiro +8 more
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Linked administrative health data on prehospital olanzapine administration by paramedics in Winnipeg, Canada: Challenges and opportunities [PDF]
International Journal of Population Data ScienceObjective Olanzapine is an antipsychotic drug used in emergency departments to treat methamphetamine intoxication. Our study aim is to examine whether prehospital olanzapine administration by paramedics in Winnipeg, Canada, improves outcomes for ...
Gilles Detillieux +4 more
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U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests
Ecosphere, 2016 Current U.S. forest fire policy emphasizes short‐term outcomes versus long‐term goals. This perspective drives managers to focus on the protection of high‐valued resources, whether ecosystem‐based or developed infrastructure, at the expense of forest ...
Scott L. Stephens +3 more
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Framing Coherence Across EU Policies Towards Integrated Wildfire Risk Management and Nature-Based Solutions [PDF]
FireWildfire risk has been exacerbated across Europe by climate change favoring more damaging and severe wildfire events. This evolving wildfire risk context interacts with a broad landscape of EU policies including those on nature conservation, forestry ...
Eduard Plana +10 more
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Factors Influencing County Commissioners’ Decisions about Burn Bans in the Southern Plains, USA
Land, 2021 Woody plant encroachment in North American rangelands has led to calls for greater use of prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads and restore grazing productivity and grassland biodiversity.
Thomas W. McDaniel +3 more
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Prescribed Burning Reduces Large, High-Intensity Wildfires and Emissions in the Brazilian Savanna
Fire, 2021 Brazil has recently (2014) changed from a zero-fire policy to an Integrated Fire Management (IFM) program with the active use of prescribed burning (PB) in federal Protected Areas (PA) and Indigenous Territories (IT) of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado ...
Filippe L.M. Santos +5 more
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Repos, fire sales, and bankruptcy policy [PDF]
Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012 The events from the 2007–09 financial crisis have raised concerns that the failure of large financial institutions can lead to destabilizing fire sales of assets. The risk of fire sales is related to exemptions from bankruptcy's automatic stay provision enjoyed by a number of financial contracts, such as repo.
G. Antinolfi +5 more
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Bibliometric Analysis: Forest Fire Controlling Policy in Indonesia
Jurnal Pemerintahan dan Kebijakan, 2022 This study aims to identify and analyze the intensity of research developments with the topic of forest fire controlling policy in Indonesia in the last five years from 2017 to 2021 through bibliometric analysis.
Mutia Rahmah
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EMS utilization predictors in a Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) program
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021 Background The provision of unnecessary Emergency Medical Services care remains a challenge throughout the US and contributes to Emergency Department overcrowding, delayed services and lower quality of care.
Luis M. Pinet-Peralta +4 more
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