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Wildfire management in Canada: Review, challenges and opportunities
Progress in Disaster Science, 2020 Wildfire management agencies in Canada are at a tipping point. Presuppression and suppression costs are increasing but program budgets are not. Climate change impacts and increasing interface values-at-risk are challenging suppression effectiveness and ...
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Interdisciplinary solutions and collaborations for wildfire management. [PDF]
iScienceThe Earth system has long lived with fires,(1)(,)(2) but the impact of climate change on fire regimes has led to extreme wildfire events with higher intensity and faster spread.(3)(,)(4)(,)(5) This has effects on ecosystems and resources, air pollution, and, ultimately, human societies.(6) Facing these compounding challenges require interdisciplinary ...
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Exploring Wildfire-Prone Community Trust in Wildfire Management Agencies [PDF]
Forest Science, 2019 AbstractThis research examines how trustworthy wildfire management agencies are perceived to be in five wildfire-prone communities. Trust was most often expressed in the context of agency abilities or competence (calculative trust), whereas distrust was framed in the context of intentions or the belief that the agency is not acting in the best interest
Sarah McCaffrey, Rebecc Rasch
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Rapid Spaceborne Mapping of Wildfire Retardant Drops for Active Wildfire Management
Remote Sensing, 2023 Aerial application of fire retardant is a critical tool for managing wildland fire spread. Retardant applications are carefully planned to maximize fire line effectiveness, improve firefighter safety, protect high-value resources and assets, and limit environmental impact.
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Climate Risk ManagementFactors such as human activity and climate change are contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of wildfires. This problem has challenged society’s knowledge, response capacity, and resilience, revealing its inadequacy to cope with the ...
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Public Participation in Wildfire Rescue and Management: A Case Study from Chongqing, China
FireIn 2019, the Chinese government put forward the concept of social co-governance in the field of emergency management. This paper discusses whether the adjustment in the governance concept promotes public participation in emergency management practices ...
Jinjin Wu, Shoujun Lyu
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Fire, 2021 Wildfires continue to destroy houses, but an understanding of the complex mix of risk factors remains elusive. These factors comprise six themes: preparedness actions (including defensible space), response actions (including defence), house construction,
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Fire, 2022 Parcel-level risk (PLR) describes how wildfire risk varies from home to home based on characteristics that relate to likely fire behavior, the susceptibility of homes to fire, and the ability of firefighters to safely access properties. Here, we describe
James R. Meldrum +8 more
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Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 The global health burden from wildfire smoke is expected to worsen under climate change, yet we lack quantitative estimates of the economic costs of increased mortality and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions.
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Scientific Reports, 2022 There is an imperative for fire agencies to quantify the potential for prescribed burning to mitigate risk to life, property and environmental values while facing changing climates.
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