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Role of Public Health in Wildfire: Lessons from the Field. [PDF]

open access: yesEcohealth
Brown HE   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter and incident stroke: a US nationwide study. [PDF]

open access: yesEur Heart J
Hao H   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A probability-based risk metric for operational wildfire risk management

Environmental Modelling and Software, 2022
With the advancement in scientific understanding and computing technologies, fire practitioners have started relying on operational fire simulation tools to make better-informed decisions during wildfire emergencies. This increased use has created an opportunity to employ an emerging data-driven approach for wildfire risk estimation as an alternative ...
Saurabh Kumar Garg   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Comparison of homeowner response to wildfire risk among towns with and without wildfire management

Environmental Hazards, 2009
Few studies have examined the relationship between wildfire management by government agencies and homeowner wildfire risk mitigation. The goal of this paper is to compare perception of the wildfire risk, attribution of responsibility for mitigation, awareness of wildfire and mitigation, and adoption of wildfire mitigation activities among homeowners in
Tara McGee, Bonita L McFarlane
exaly   +2 more sources

Risk Preferences, Probability Weighting, and Strategy Tradeoffs in Wildfire Management

Risk Analysis, 2015
Wildfires present a complex applied risk management environment, but relatively little attention has been paid to behavioral and cognitive responses to risk among public agency wildfire managers. This study investigates responses to risk, including probability weighting and risk aversion, in a wildfire management context using a survey‐based experiment
Michael S, Hand   +3 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Technology Entrepreneurship and Wildfire Risk Management

Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Anukool Lakhina
exaly   +2 more sources

Wildfire Risk Reduction Based on Landscape Management

2021
Wildfires occur traditionally in the southern situated countries of Europe. However, in the last few years northern states are experiencing wildland fires (vegetation fires) which sustain their propagation for more than few hours. Reasons for this new situation have been discussed during the CMINE Wildfire Task Group meetings (DRIVER+ project with a ...
Nina Dobrinkova   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Managing the Unexpected: Wildfire Risk in Power Infrastructure

2022
Wildfires pose a significant challenge to the communities, environment, and infrastructure in wildfire-prone areas. The power grid infrastructure in particular can be affected by, and contributing to, wildfires. A three lines of defense (3LD) framework can be adopted to effectively manage the risk of wildfires in electric power infrastructure.
B. Hannegan, L. Roald
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